Former Singapore Transport Minister S Iswaran now faces 35 charges in total, including two for corruption.
In the latest charges, he is accused of obtaining valuable items as a public servant – including bottles of whisky, golf clubs and a Brompton bicycle – between November 2021 and November 2022.The eight new charges on Monday are under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which makes it an offence for public servants to obtain valuable items from someone involved with them in an official capacity.
The S$325 million contract was awarded in 2016 to Lum Chang Building Contractors, a subsidiary of Lum Chang Holdings. If convicted of obtaining a valuable thing as a public servant, Iswaran can be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both, per charge.in January, comprising two of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act, one of obstructing justice and 24 of obtaining valuables as a public servant.
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