A pre-trial conference for billionaire and hotelier Ong Beng Seng set for July 23 has been rescheduled to next week.Ong, 79, was charged with two offences in October 2024. Both of his charges are in relation to former transport minister S Iswaran, who was sentenced to 12 months' jail last October. Ong, the chairman of Formula One promoter Singapore Grand Prix (GP), allegedly offered Iswaran an all-expenses paid trip to Doha in December 2022. He is also accused of obstructing the course of justice by alerting Iswaran that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau had seized the flight manifest for the trip from Doha to Singapore. Ong had previously indicated he wished to plead guilty on April 2.  Read more