Tycoon Ong Beng Seng allowed to leave Singapore for work-related trip on additional S$800,000 bail

Ong Beng Seng was charged on Oct 4 with abetting a public servant in obtaining gifts and with abetting the obstruction of justice. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng has been granted permission to leave Singapore amid ongoing court proceedings which saw him handed two charges earlier in October.

The 78-year-old, who appeared in the State Courts with his lawyer, Aaron Lee from Allen and Gledhill, just before noon on Wednesday (Oct 30), has to provide additional bail of $800,000 for a trip to London, Boston, Gibraltar and Spain for work and medical treatment.