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Singapore's former Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge for Trade Relations S. Iswaran arrives for sentencing at the Supreme Court in Singapore on October 3, 2024. He was convicted of obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts. Singapore, Singapore—A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts, local media reported, in the city-state’s first political graft trial for nearly half a century.
After Iswaran was convicted last week of obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts, prosecutors had sought a six-to-seven-month sentence, The Straits Times reported.Iswaran’s trial has been deemed by observers to be one of the most politically significant in the city-state’s history. Iswaran quit in January after being formally notified of the charges, which include accepting gifts worth more than $300,000.Iswaran has paid back around $295,000 in financial gain to the government and gifts including a Brompton bicycle were also seized from him, the attorney general’s office said.
The other four charges relate to his receipt of gifts from Ong, the managing director of Hotel Properties Limited, and a top director at a construction company, including bottles of whiskey and golf clubs.Most of the charges against Iswaran have been levelled with a rarely used criminal law under which it is an offense for public servants to accept objects of value from figures they officially work with.
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