Singapore will host a Formula One race in 2008, Iswaran said on Friday. Iswaran told a media briefing that a first race could be held in September or October next year and might be a night race.

S. Iswaran, who was a cabinet member for 13 years and has held the trade, communications and transport portfolios, pleaded guilty last week to four counts of improperly receiving gifts and one of ...

The sentence for S. Iswaran, a former transportation minister who pleaded guilty last week, was longer than what prosecutors had sought. By Sui-Lee Wee A former government minister in Singapore ...

Iswaran, 62, began serving his sentence on Monday (Oct 7) after announcing that he will not appeal his 12-month jail term, handed down by the High Court last Thursday.

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.

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 on Thursday handed the jail sentence for obtaining gifts worth about S$403,300 (US$313,200) over seven years from two businessmen, and for obstruction of justice. Another 30 charges ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iswaran had pleaded guilty to four charges of obtaining valuable items as a public servant, an offence under Section 165 of the Penal Code. Another 30 charges will be taken into consideration for ...

[UPDATE 10.45am] Iswaran has pleaded guilty to five charges in court at the start of his trial on Tuesday (Sept 24) morning. "Your Honour, I plead guilty," he told Justice Vincent Hoong, who is ...

Iswaran was accused of obtaining items worth more than $400,000 from businessmen Ong Beng Seng and David Lum. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.