Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence for receiving illegal gifts
A former Singaporean Cabinet minister has begun a one-year prison term for receiving illegal gifts. Former Transport Minister S.
Former Singapore minister jailed for year for receiving illegal gifts
Former transport minister S Iswaran was the first minister to be charged and imprisoned for nearly half a century.
Singapore's disgraced former minister jailed for taking gifts
Singapore's former transport minister has been sentenced to 12 months jail over accepting gifts including F1 tickets, English Premier League tickets, and a private jet ride.
Singapore ex-minister S Iswaran jailed 12 months for taking luxury gifts, obstructing probe
Between November 2015 and December 2022, Iswaran obtained valuables like musical, football and Formula 1 tickets from Singapore GP majority shareholder Ong Beng Seng, as well as bottles of whisky and wine from construction boss Lum Kok Seng.
Former Singapore minister sentenced to 12 months for receiving gifts, obstructing justice
A court in Singapore handed a 12-month prison sentence Thursday to former Transport Minister S. Iswaran for obstructing justice and accepting more than $300,000 in gifts, local media reported. This marks the first time a former Cabinet member has been jailed in the city-state, which is renowned for its clean governance.
Ex-Singapore transport minister jailed for receiving gifts as a public servant
Singapore’s former transport minister Subramaniam Iswaran has been handed down a one-year jail sentence for accepting SGD 403,300 ($313,200) as a public servant as well as attempting to obstruct justice.
Iswaran sentenced to 12 months jail, judge says former Singapore Transport minister abused position to accept gifts
The prosecution, represented by Deputy Attorney-General Tai Wei Shyong, had argued for six to seven months’ jail for Iswaran. Tai argued that as Iswaran was a minister for 12 years, his acts have had significant impact on the reputation of the Singapore Government, which is well known for its commitment to integrity.
Former Singapore minister sentenced to a year in prison for receiving illegal gifts
A former Singaporean Cabinet minister has been sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian fi
Singapore former transport minister begins one-year prison term for corruption
Former Singaporean transport minister S Iswaran began his 12-month jail term on Monday after surrendering at the State Courts. Iswaran faced 35 charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA)
Former Singapore transport minister Iswaran will not appeal 12 months' jail sentence
Iswaran, who was convicted after pleading guilty to four charges of obtaining valuable items as a public servant and one count of obstruction of justice, is scheduled to surrender to the court at 4 pm on Monday to begin his sentence.
Ex-Singapore minister won’t appeal sentence, begins jail term today
Singapore’s former transport minister S Iswaran said he would not be appealing his 12-month jail term, which starts today, after he was convicted of four counts of receiving gifts and one of obstructing justice.
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