In a development that has shaken Singapore’s political landscape, former Transport Minister S. Iswaran was sentenced to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts ...

A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of a former cabinet ...

SINGAPORE: Former transport minister S Iswaran was placed in a single-man cell in prison to protect him from those who might want to harm him due to his previous positions as minister, legal ...

A judge said Iswaran's high level of office meant he was more culpable, handing down a jail term longer than the six to seven months sought by the prosecution Singapore's former transport minister ...

Singapore Iswaran not appealing 12-month jail sentence, apologises to all Singaporeans "I accept that as a Minister what I did was wrong under Section 165," said Iswaran.

The sentence for S. Iswaran, a former transportation minister who pleaded guilty last week, was longer than what prosecutors had sought. By Sui-Lee Wee A former government minister in Singapore ...

Singapore's former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, as proceedings began on Tuesday in the first graft trial involving a minister in this Asian ...

Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran, who pleaded guilty to bribery and obstruction of justice, is the first ex-minister in Singapore to receive a prison term since 1975.

Singapore’s former Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge for Trade Relations S. Iswaran arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore on Sept. 24, 2024. Roslan Rahman—AFP/Getty Images ...

Iswaran, 62, initially faced 35 charges, but at the start of the trial, prosecutors announced they would pursue only five, downgrading two counts of corruption to the receipt of illegal gifts.

A Singapore court will sentence S. Iswaran on Thursday after the former transport minister pleaded guilty to bribery and obstruction of justice, marking a quick end to one of the biggest political ...

Subramaniam Iswaran is the first Singaporean minister to be jailed in almost fifty years. A case that has shocked a country famed for its squeaky-clean reputation.