A Singapore court sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison on Thursday for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of an ex-cabinet ...

Iswaran arrived at the Singapore High Court just after 9:20 a.m. local time for his sentencing hearing slated to start at 10 a.m. His family members including his wife were seen queuing for ...

Iswaran was initially charged with 35 counts including graft. He was alleged to have obtained more than S$403,000 ($312,000) in luxury goods including tickets to musicals and soccer matches in the UK.

Singapore's former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, as proceedings began on Tuesday in the first graft trial involving a minister in this Asian ...

Subramaniam Iswaran is the first Singaporean minister to be jailed in almost fifty years. A case that has shocked a country famed for its squeaky-clean reputation.

[UPDATE 10.45am] Iswaran has pleaded guilty to five charges in court at the start of his trial on Tuesday (Sept 24) morning. "Your Honour, I plead guilty," he told Justice Vincent Hoong, who is ...

Singapore's disgraced former transport minister S. Iswaran, jailed last year for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 of gifts, will serve the remainder of his sentence under house ...

The sentence for S. Iswaran, a former transportation minister who pleaded guilty last week, was longer than what prosecutors had sought. By Sui-Lee Wee A former government minister in Singapore ...

Billionaire hotelier Ong Beng Seng smiles during a news conference in Singapore May 11, 2007. Singapore will host a Formula One race in 2008, Iswaran said on Friday.