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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran, who pleaded guilty to bribery and obstruction of justice, is the first ex-minister in Singapore to receive a prison term since 1975.

A group of Staten Island parents staged an unprecedented protest against an 8-year-old boy in a gifted and talented class who they say stabbed an educator with a pencil and terrorizes classmates.

In a surprise decision, former Singaporean transport minister S. Iswaran was handed a one-year jail sentence on Oct 3. This exceeded the requests of both prosecution and defence, which Justice ...

In a development that has shaken Singapore’s political landscape, former Transport Minister S. Iswaran was sentenced to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts.

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.