Singapore’s Iswaran will not appeal against 12 months’ sentence, ‘accepts full responsibility’
The former transport minister says he will begin his one-year jail term on Monday and ‘apologises unreservedly to all Singaporeans’.
Ex-Singapore Minister Iswaran accepts charges, begins 12-month jail term
S Iswaran has was accused of accepting gift worth $306,000 from Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng and businessman David Lum
Singapore's disgraced former minister S. Iswaran jailed in landmark case
A Singapore court was due on Thursday to sentence a former transport minister convicted last week of receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in what could be the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member in a city-state known for clean governance.
Ex-Singapore minister Subramaniam Iswaran receives 1-year prison sentence for graft
A former Singapore government minister was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday on corruption charges after pleading guilty to accepting gifts worth more than $300,000 including Formula 1 race and soccer match tickets,
Former Singapore Minister Gets Year in Prison in Rare Graft Case
The sentence for S. Iswaran, the former transportation minister who pleaded guilty last week, was longer than what prosecutors had sought.
Former Singapore minister S Iswaran sentenced to 12 months' jail for obtaining valuables worth S$403,300, obstructing justice
SINGAPORE: Former transport minister S Iswaran has been sentenced to jail for obtaining gifts worth about S$403,300 (US$313,200) over seven years, from two businessmen he considered his friends. The 62-year-old was given a jail term of 12 months on Thursday (Oct 3),
Singapore Ex-Minister Is Jailed, Won’t Appeal in Landmark Case
S. Iswaran turned himself in to a Singapore court to become the first ex-cabinet minister to be jailed in almost half a century, in a scandal that has riveted a city that prides itself on good governance.
Singapore Ex-Minister Heads to Prison After Landmark Case
S. Iswaran will today hand himself into a Singapore court to become the first ex-cabinet minister to be jailed in almost half a century, in a scandal that has riveted a city that prides itself on good governance.
Singapore Ex-Minister Surrenders to Authorities
Former Singapore Transport Minister S. Iswaran surrendered to authorities. He walked into the State Court complex without answering any questions. He'll serve a year in jail after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and obtaining valuable items as a public servant.
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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Iswaran housed in single-man cell due to 'higher safety and security risk': Singapore Prison Service
The 62-year-old is in a cell of about 6.9 sq m and has been provided with a straw mat and two blankets on which to sleep.
Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence for receiving illegal gifts
Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran said it was important to him that prosecutors reduced two corruption charges to charges ...
Disgraced ex-minister gets jail time in rare corruption case for squeaky clean Singapore
A Singapore court sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison on Thursday for obstructing justice and receiving more ...
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Singapore’s Indian-origin ex-Minister Iswaran begins 1-yr jail term for corruption; apologises to nation
Singapore’s Indian-origin former transport minister S Iswaran on Monday began his one-year jail term in a corruption case, ...
From Parliament to Changi Prison: Singapore ex-minister Iswaran’s fall from grace
The fall from grace of S. Iswaran was spectacular – from a private plane ride and plush hotel room at the Four Seasons to a ...