S. Iswaran, Singapore's former transport minister, center, leaves the Singapore State Courts in Singapore, on Monday, March 25, 2024. Singapore’s prosecutor filed more corruption charges against Iswaran, the latest in the biggest political scandal to hit the the city-state in close to four decades. - Bloomberg
SINGAPORE (AP): Singapore’s first ministerial corruption case expanded Monday with new charges alleging that a former transport minister received bottles of whisky and wine, golf clubs and a luxury Brompton bike from a contractor who had dealings with the government.
S. Iswaran, a former senior politician in the long-ruling People’s Action Party, pleaded not guilty to the eight charges that brought the total against him to 35. He was first hauled to court two months ago on two graft charges, 24 charges of receiving gifts as a public servant and one of obstructing justice.
