Ex-Singapore minister gets a year in jail for corruption
The Morning Standard|October 04, 2024
SINGAPORE A Singaporean former minister was sentenced on Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the citystate's first political graft trial for nearly half a century.
Ex-Singapore minister gets a year in jail for corruption

Ex-transport minister S Iswaran was hit this year with 35 charges mostly related to graft in a nation often cited as one of the world's least corrupt.

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