The 62-year-old will take his place in the dock to defend himself against charges of corruption, obstructing justice and obtaining valuables in an unprecedented criminal trial that begins on Sep 24.
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: The highly anticipated trial of former transport minister S Iswaran is set to open on Tuesday morning , eight months after he wasThe criminal trial is one-of-a-kind in recent history. The last time a minister faced a corruption probe was almost 30 years ago.
The bulk of this is for allegedly obtaining S$218,000 of valuables in his capacity as a minister who also dealt with Mr Ong and his company. Iswaran was the chairman of Singapore's F1 Steering Committee. Iswaran, whose political career spanned almost 30 years, resigned from his positions in government two days before his first court appearance in January.
"Further, I informed the prime minister on that, even though I am innocent, I will be returning all monies that I received by way of salary as Minister and allowances as Member of Parliament from the commencement of CPIB's investigations in July 2023."In a glimpse at his possible defence, heavyweight lawyer Mr Singh said in a court hearing in May that Iswaran did not know or suspect that gifts from Mr Ong and Mr Lum were"veiled gratification".
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