SINGAPORE, May 9 — The High Court yesterday approved an application filed by lawyers for former transport minister S. Iswaran to have all 35 charges against him heard in a single...
Former Singapore transport minister Iswaran wins bid for all corruption charges to be heard in one trial, not two as prosecution proposed
Singh opposed the holding of separate trials for the initial 27 charges relating to Iswaran’s dealings with Ong and the subsequent eight charges relating to his dealings with Lum. The lawyer said that the question of Iswaran’s friendship with both men would be “highly relevant”. The 27 original charges handed to Iswaran on January 18 were mostly related to alleged bribery and corruption, and were linked to his interactions with Malaysian billionaire Ong, who owns the rights to the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix.The eight other charges dealt on March 25 included charges for allegedly obtaining a range of valuable items — including bottles of whisky, a Brompton bicycle and golf clubs — from Lum, whose firm is involved in construction works on Tanah Merah MRT Station.
These investigations were completed more than a month after the charges associated with Mr Ong were tendered in court.“In an ideal world, all charges should have been tendered together,” Tai said, adding that this was, however, not possible given the investigation timeline.Responding to Singh’s drawing of parallels between the two sets of charges associated with Ong and Lum, Tai argued that there were no factual connections — since they relate to accepting different gifts in different contexts.
Section 133 states that when a person is accused of two or more offences, the person may be charged with and tried at one trial for any number of those offences, if the offences are the same or similar.
S Iswaran Corruption Trial Bribery Charges
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NSG BioLabs raises US$14.5mil from Celadon Partners and Temasek's ClavystBioNSG BioLabs, has announced partnerships with Enterprise Singapore and Merck to bolster Singapore's biotech landscape.
Read more »
Pope Francis to visit Singapore in SeptemberSINGAPORE: Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Singapore from Sept 11 to 13, said the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore. According to Vatican New...
Read more »
Pope Francis to visit Singapore in SeptemberSINGAPORE: Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Singapore from Sept 11 to 13, said the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore.
Read more »
Singapore’s ex-minister Iswaran ask High Court to hear all 35 charges in single trial, businessmen involved are ‘dear friends’SINGAPORE, May 8 — Lawyers for former transport minister S. Iswaran have asked the High Court to hear all 35 charges against him in a single trial rather than in two separate...
Read more »
Singapore’s ex-transport minister Iswaran ask High Court to hear all 35 charges against him in a single trial as both businessmen involved are ‘dear friends’SINGAPORE, May 8 — Lawyers for former transport minister S. Iswaran have asked the High Court to hear all 35 charges against him in a single trial rather than in two separate...
Read more »
Mindef: RSAF F-16 crashes at Singapore’s Tengah Air Base, pilot receiving medical attentionSINGAPORE — A Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16 fighter jet crashed at Tengah Air Base today, with the pilot successfully ejecting from the...
Read more »