'Never about the money': Iswaran's defence fires back at prosecution on $380k disgorgement delay
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During former transport minister S Iswaran's trial on Tuesday (Sept 24), defence counsel Davinder Singh addressed his client's disgorgement of the money involved in the charges against him. In a turn of events at the start of the trial, the prosecution am'Never about the money': Iswaran's defence fires back at prosecution on $380k disgorgement delay
During former transport minister S Iswaran's trial on Tuesday (Sept 24), defence counsel Davinder Singh addressed his client's disgorgement of the money involved in the charges against him. In a turn of events at the start of the trial, the prosecution amended the charges, choosing to proceed with four charges of obtaining valuable items as a public servant under Section 165 of the Penal Code and one charge for the obstruction of justice. Iswaran, 62, then pleaded guilty to the amended charges. The 30 other charges against him will be taken into consideration during sentencing. Iswaran was accused of obtaining items worth more than $400,000 from Ong Beng Seng, billionaire hotelier and chairman of Formula One (F1) race promoter Singapore GP, as well as David Lum, managing director of mainboard-listed construction company Lum Chang Holdings. Read more