What a year we’ve had in 2024. There was good news, like Lando Norris finally getting his first win in Formula 1, bad news like the demise of the Mitsubishi Mirage and unsurprising news, such as the end of another year without self-driving Teslas ruling the road. Read more… Read original article here Denial of … Read more
SINGAPORE: The sentencing of former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran has garnered international attention, in a case that runs counter to the city-state’s reputation for good governance. It was a theme that ran through many articles about Thursday’s (Oct 3) sentencing. A judge handed Iswaran a 12-month jail sentence, a term even harsher than the … Read more
SINGAPORE: Former transport minister S Iswaran will be sentenced on Thursday (Oct 3) after pleading guilty to five charges last week. He was convicted of four charges of obtaining valuable items as a public servant and one charge of obstruction of justice. Another 30 charges will be taken into consideration for sentencing. The prosecution sought … Read more
SINGAPORE: The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) on Tuesday (Sep 24) cited possible difficulties in proving corruption charges against former transport minister S Iswaran, given that the two parties involved – Iswaran and property tycoon Ong Beng Seng – would essentially be implicating themselves to prove that corruption did take place. Earlier in the day, Iswaran pleaded guilty … Read more
SINGAPORE F1 GRAND PRIX TICKETS Mr Tai read out the statement of facts detailing Iswaran’s interactions with Mr Ong and Mr Lum in the five proceeded charges. At all times during the offences, Iswaran was a minister responsible for overseeing the Singapore F1 Grand Prix as a national project. He was the chairman of the … Read more
SINGAPORE: A correction direction was issued to opposition politician Goh Meng Seng on Wednesday (Mar 27) over a false claim he made in two Facebook posts on links between Mr Lum Kok Seng, S Iswaran and the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to … Read more
Mr Tan said there were two purposes of the court hearing – first to tender the additional charges and second to have the new charges transferred to the High Court. Asked to give his plea, Iswaran said: “Not guilty.” He stood in the dock throughout the hearing. Mr Thevar then asked the prosecution to let the … Read more
CASE AGAINST ISWARAN Iswaran was charged on Jan 18, months after a probe into him was made public. He pleaded not guilty to all 27 charges. Among the charges, two were of corruptly obtaining bribes from billionaire Ong Beng Seng, 24 of obtaining valuables as a public servant and one of obstructing justice. Mr Ong, who owns … Read more
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Friday (Jan 19) that there were “no active ongoing negotiations with ABBA Voyage”, a virtual concert experience by Swedish pop group ABBA that was named in a corruption charge faced by former Transport Minister S Iswaran. In response to queries from CNA about the status of the … Read more
SINGAPORE: The charging of former Transport Minister S Iswaran will likely have little impact on the plans for the People’s Action Party (PAP) leadership handover and the next General Election (GE), political analysts said. This is because Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would likely have factored in the possibility of the case going to trial. Even if the trial … Read more
