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
Section 165 makes it an offence for a public servant to accept or obtain, or attempt to do so, a gift from a party with whom they have official dealings – even if there is no evidence of any official favour shown. Such a gift creates a conflict of interest – whether real, apparent or … Read more
SINGAPORE: Transport Minister S Iswaran was seen arriving at the State Courts on Thursday morning (Jan 18), following a probe by Singapore’s anti-graft agency. The minister, whose political career spans nearly 30 years, was the subject of an investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). He was arrested on Jul 11 and subsequently released … Read more
