Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who was named in several charges to which Singapore's former transport minister was found guilty, is scheduled for a criminal mention on Oct. 4, Singapore Courts' hearing list showed on Thursday.

A former Singapore government minister was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday on corruption charges after pleading guilty to accepting gifts worth more than $300,000 including Formula 1 race and soccer match tickets,

Indian-origin former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran, convicted on September 24, 2024 for illegally accepting gifts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months in prison — a punishment much stiffer than the 7 months that the prosecution wanted.