Iswaran pleads guilty to corruption


Facing the law: Iswaran arriving at the Supreme Court in Singapore. Iswaran was earlier this year hit with 35 charges mostly related to graft in a nation often cited as one of the world’s least corrupt. — Reuters

Former transport minister S. Iswaran pleaded guilty on Sept 24, on what was supposed to be the first day of his scheduled trial.

Iswaran, 62, is now convicted of five charges, and the prosecution is seeking a jail term of six to seven months.

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