S. Iswaran, who was a cabinet member for 13 years and has held the trade, communications and transport portfolios, pleaded guilty last week to four counts of improperly receiving gifts and one of ...

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 ...

Singapore will host a Formula One race in 2008, Iswaran said on Friday. Iswaran told a media briefing that a first race could be held in September or October next year and might be a night race.

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.

Iswaran was initially charged with 35 counts including graft. He was alleged to have obtained more than S$403,000 ($312,000) in luxury goods including tickets to musicals and soccer matches in the UK.

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 ...

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 ...

Iswaran, 62, began serving his sentence on Monday (Oct 7) after announcing that he will not appeal his 12-month jail term, handed down by the High Court last Thursday. ...

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 Second Minister for Home Affairs & Trade and Industry S. Iswaran speaks during a news conference in Singapore, Sept. 22, 2012, to announce that Singapore will continue to host the ...

Iswaran was accused of obtaining items worth more than $400,000 from businessmen Ong Beng Seng and David Lum. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iswaran was on Thursday handed the jail sentence for obtaining gifts worth about S$403,300 (US$313,200) over seven years from two businessmen, and for obstruction of justice. Another 30 charges ...