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Iswaran returns to State Courts, facing 8 new charges
Former Transport Minister S Iswaran is facing eight new charges of allegedly obtaining valuables as a public servant, maintaining his plea of not guilty. With these additions, he now faces a total of 35 charges upon his return from Australia last week.
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SINGAPORE: Former Transport Minister S Iswaran, currently facing 27 charges including corruption, made his appearance at the State Courts on Monday (25 March) arriving around 8:20 am, after returning back from his extended leave to Australia.
In court, he faced eight new charges under section 165 of the Penal Code, alleging receipt of valuable items such as whisky bottles, golf clubs, and a Brompton bicycle from a man called Lum Kok Seng (林國城).
These acquisitions were linked to Iswaran’s official capacity as Transport Minister, intersecting with Lum’s dealings with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) via Lum Chang Building Contractors.
In a separate statement on Monday, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) disclosed that the items in question hold a combined value of approximately S$18,956.94.
CPIB noted that, as with the earlier charges, the Court has approved the Prosecution’s request for the eight additional charges to be transferred to the General Division of the High Court.
With these additions, Iswaran now faces a total of 35 charges.
The defence questioned the timing of the new charges, while the prosecution maintained they were grounded in evidence.
When asked by District Judge Brenda Tan, Iswaran maintained his plea of not guilty to the additional charges.
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Izzy is back in court with his most trusted friend Diver Sink .Plus new charges added.
Please remember who to vote for next GE. It seems we have the most expensive outfit in the world but they seem to think we’re not paying them enough so they resort to this kind of behaviour.
But PAP will be PAP, they’ll go around preaching the white they use to represent themselves.
Firstly the speaker couldn’t keep his zip up then Izzy is taking backhanders. And we still pay top dollar for these kind of clowns. Imagine the ones that are still undiscovered?
…who was it who exclaimed that they need to pay their ministers top of this world salaries to deter corruption?
So, Trump couldn’t secure bail money from 30 bond companies and pap million$ minister couldn’t secure asylum/haven/buy a remote island in Australia. That wraps up the top world news for last week, hor.
Do one think this PAP Administration is taking no prisoners?