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Billionaire pleads guilty in gift scandal that rattled Singapore
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/08/2025
» SINGAPORE — A billionaire best known for bringing Formula One (F1) night racing to Singapore has pleaded guilty in relation to a scandal to supply a senior politician with luxury gifts, as the yearslong saga nears conclusion.
Tycoon who brought F1 to Singapore pleads guilty in graft case
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» SINGAPORE - A Malaysian hotel tycoon who helped bring Formula One to Singapore pleaded guilty Monday to abetting the obstruction of justice, in a rare corruption case in the city-state that saw a former transport minister jailed last year.
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 files more graft charges against ex-minister
Bloomberg, 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.
Verstappen wins Dutch GP for record-equalling ninth successive victory
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» ZANDVOORT (NETHERLANDS) - Max Verstappen won a chaotic, deluge-hit and red-flagged Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday to match Sebastian Vettel's record run of nine consecutive victories.
Spa star Verstappen targets eighth win in row ahead of Dutch homecoming
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (BELGIUM) - Max Verstappen will seek to extend his and Red Bull's current sequence of record-breaking invincibility at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix ahead of spectacular Dutch homecoming next month.
Rare Singapore graft probe widens
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» SINGAPORE: Singapore’s powerful anti-graft body issued an arrest notice for one of the city-state’s richest people, his company said on Friday, widening an investigation into rare high-level corruption.
Gender equality inevitable in F1, says Red Bull chief Horner
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» MELBOURNE - Red Bull chief Christian Horner said Friday it was inevitable that gender equality would reach Formula One amid reports that a team employing an equal split between men and women was looking to enter the sport.
Fourth DRS zone to make F1 Australian Grand Prix fastest ever
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» MELBOURNE - A fourth DRS zone will ensure the fastest Australian Grand Prix ever at Albert Park with cars reaching speeds of up 340kph (211mph), race boss Andrew Westacott said.