Singapore Transport minister Iswaran charged with corruption in rare case


Iswaran (centre) arriving at the State Courts with his legal team on Jan 18. - ST

SINGAPORE: Singapore's former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has been charged in court for graft, the anti-corruption agency said on Thursday (Jan18) , in one of the most high-profile graft cases involving a minister in the Asian financial hub in decades.

The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), in a statement, said Iswaran, who was arrested in July last year, is alleged to have obtained kickbacks valued at S$384,340.98 ($286,181) from property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, partly to advance Ong's business interests.

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