Singapore’s Indian Origin Ex-Minister Gets 1 Yr Jail For Corruption

Singapore’s former transport minister S Iswaran, who is of Indian-origin, was awarded a one-year jail sentence on Thursday. On September 24, he had pleaded guilty to five charges relating to corruption and blocking of justice in the High Court on September 24.

The former minister is the first person to be prosecuted under Section 165 in post-independent Singapore, reported The Straits Times.

The sentence is more than the six to seven months asked for by the prosecution, which Justice Hoong considers “manifestly inadequate”.

The higher the office held by the offender as a public servant, the higher his level of culpability, said Justice Hoong.