Singapore's Indian-Origin Ex-Transport Minister Iswaran No Longer Facing Corruption Charges

Singapore: Singapore’s Indian-origin former transport minister S. Iswaran no longer faces corruption charges, the High Court said in his trial on Tuesday, adding that prosecution will, however, proceed with five other counts including obtaining valuable items as a public servant.

The prosecution will proceed with four counts of obtaining valuable items as a public servant under Section 165 of the Penal Code, and one count of obstructing the course of justice under Section 204A(a) of the Penal Code, a report in The Straits Times said.

All the other 30 charges will be taken into consideration, it said.

Iswaran’s lawyer Davinder Singh said: “My client (Iswaran) will be taking a certain course of action in view of the fact that the prosecution is no longer proceeding with charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act.” This means he is expected to plead guilty.

Iswaran, 61, charged on January 18, was earlier granted SGD 800,000 bail.