Iswaran to one year in jail – almost double ... said the case sends an important signal that there will be “no compromise to good governance” in Singapore. This is particularly important ...

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 ...

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.

SINGAPORE – Former transport minister S. Iswaran was handed a 12-month jail term on Oct 3 in a landmark case that saw, for the first time, a former Cabinet minister being sentenced. The ...

He looked grim while seated in the docks as Justice Vincent Hoong read out his sentence. Iswaran asked to surrender himself to State Court 4A on Oct 7, at 4pm, a request which was granted by the ...

A Singapore court will sentence S. Iswaran on Thursday after the former transport minister pleaded guilty to bribery and obstruction of justice, marking a quick end to one of the biggest political ...

He was named in Iswaran's charges, along with billionaire hotelier Ong Beng Seng who was charged on Friday with abetting a public servant to obtain valuable things and obstruction of justice.

IN THE wake of former minister S Iswaran’s trial, private-sector individuals may be deterred from sitting on public sector boards – as they would be subject to laws that apply to public servants, said ...

Singapore’s former transport minister S Iswaran on Thursday was sentenced by a High Court judge to 12 months’ imprisonment for four counts of accepting gifts from someone involved with him as ...

In the end, neither the prosecution nor the defence got what they argued for regarding the sentence for the five charges former Transport Minister S Iswaran was convicted for on Sept 24.

The charges come a day after former transport minister S. Iswaran was handed a 12-month prison term for obtaining valuable items as a public servant and obstruction of justice. The scandal has ...