The trial of former Singapore transport minister S. Iswaran began on September 18, 2023, after his arrest by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in July 2023. Iswaran faces charges related to accepting gifts from businessmen allegedly as veiled gratification. The court will hear testimony from witnesses including prominent businesswoman Christina Ong and construction company managing director David Lum.
SINGAPORE - More than a year after his arrest by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in July 2023, former transport minister S. Iswaran The first tranche of the High Court trial will be held until Sept 27. Further trial dates have been set in November and from January to March 2025.Mr David Lum, managing director of mainboard-listed construction company Lum Chang Holdings.
Section 165 of the Penal Code makes it an offence for a public servant to accept or obtain anything of value, for free or for inadequate payment, from any person with whom he is involved in an official capacity. Mr Ong and his wife, prominent businesswoman Christina Ong, and Mr Lum are among the 56 prosecution witnesses who have been lined up to take the stand.
He was in the pioneer batch of senior counsel appointed in 1997. He left law firm Drew & Napier after 37 years in 2019 to set up his own firm, Davinder Singh Chambers. The obstruction charge relates to $5,700 he is said to have repaid to Singapore GP for the cost of his business-class flight from Doha to Singapore that he purportedly took on Dec 11, 2022, at Mr Ong’s expense through Singapore GP.
On the other hand, each corruption charge carries a jail term of up to five years, a fine of up to $100,000, or both.
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