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Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» SINGAPORE - Singapore's ruling party has notched a resounding win in general elections, official results showed early Sunday, giving Prime Minister Lawrence Wong the clear mandate he sought from voters.
Singapore grants house arrest to jailed ex-minister
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore's disgraced former transport minister S. Iswaran, jailed last year for obstructing justice and receiving more than US$300,000 of gifts, will serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest, the prisons service said on Friday.
Singapore charges property billionaire linked to jailed minister's case
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2024
» A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offences by a disgraced ex-transport minister jailed a day earlier in the city-state's high-profile government graft case.
Singapore's disgraced ex-minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than US$300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member in a city-state known for clean governance.
Singapore ex-minister pleads guilty to bribery
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/09/2024
» Singapore’s former transport minister has pleaded guilty to bribery charges after the city-state's prosecution amended the indictment against him, a surprising twist to the biggest political scandal in nearly four decades.
Singapore files more graft charges against ex-minister
Published on 25/03/2024
» Singapore’s former transport minister S. Iswaran faced more corruption charges Monday, expanding the biggest political scandal to hit the city-state that has prided itself on a zero-tolerance stance against graft.
Singapore transport minister charged in court in graft case
Published on 18/01/2024
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's Transport Minister S. Iswaran has been charged in court over a graft case, local media reported on Thursday.
Singapore’s Lee slashed arrested minister’s pay
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/08/2023
» Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong slashed the salary of Transport Minister S. Iswaran after the cabinet official was arrested last month in relation to a graft probe.
Two more Singapore MPs quit as scandals mount
Published on 19/07/2023
» SINGAPOPE: Two senior members of Singapore’s main opposition party have resigned over an affair, the third political scandal to rock the normally squeaky-clean city-state in recent days.
Singapore parliament speaker, MP resign over affair
Published on 17/07/2023
» Singapore's parliament speaker and a woman MP resigned Monday over an "inappropriate" affair, plunging the ruling party into further turmoil following a rare high-level corruption probe involving a cabinet minister.