Ex-Singapore transport minister Iswaran completes sentence

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6 Jun 2025 • 3:30 PM MYT
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A Singapore court on Oct 3, 2024 sentenced former transport minister S. Iswaran to 12 months in prison, local media reported, in the financial hub's first case involving a political office holder in more than four decades. - (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)

SINGAPORE - Former Singapore transport minister S. Iswaran has completed his sentence and is no longer in prison custody, local media reported.

The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Friday that he has completed his emplacement on the Home Detention Scheme, The Straits Times (ST) reported.

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Singapore's former Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge for Trade Relations S. Iswaran arrives at the State Court for the start of his 12-month jail sentence in Singapore on Oct 7, 2024. - (Photo by AFP)

The 62-year-old was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment by the High Court on Oct 3, 2024, after pleading guilty to four charges of accepting valuable items as a public servant and one charge of obstruction of justice.

He began serving his sentence on Oct 7, 2024, and was placed on home detention on Feb 7 this year, after being assessed as suitable for the scheme. - BERNAMA

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