Iswaran is alleged to have accepted gifts, such as tickets for theatre plays and football matches, from hotelier Ong Beng Seng, who is widely credited as the person who brought F1 to Singapore.

A Singaporean minister charged with corruption took tickets to F1 races and musicals, police say He said after leaving court that he had resigned from his post on Tuesday, and denied the charges.

Iswaran had been actively involved in the government's engagements with F1, including making appearances at press conferences where announcements about the event's future were made.

Iswaran was transport minister from May 15, 2021 to Jan 17, 2024, and was responsible for LTA in that capacity. In late 2021, Iswaran asked Mr Lum to help him source whisky and red wine.

Former transport minister S. Iswaran faces 27 charges, ... The next two charges involve Singapore F1 GP tickets he allegedly obtained in September 2017... which totalled about $82,265.

For these, Justice Hoong considered that Iswaran was in a position to wield influence, as then chair of the F1 steering committee and a minister; and that he acted with deliberation in requesting the ...

Known for bringing F1 racing to Singapore, Iswaran is the first minister to get embroiled in a graft probe since 1986 when then-Minister for National Development Teh Cheang Wan was investigated ...

Iswaran then gave these tickets to his friends and family to attend the F1 without paying for the tickets. He also did not declare to the Government he had obtained these 10 tickets.

Singapore gears up for biggest corruption trial in decades. Former Transport Minister S Iswaran is accused of accepting gifts including F1 tickets and a Brompton bike from two tycoons.

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who faces two charges in relation to former transport minister S Iswaran’s case, is set to plead guilty in court on July 3. This was after a pre-trial conference ...

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, best known in Singapore for bringing the Formula One (F1) night race to the city-state, was the first political officeholder in Singapore in almost four decades to face trial for corruption.