Singapore’s former transport minister S Iswaran has been sentenced to one year in prison for accepting more than $300,000 in gifts as a public servant and obstructing justice, local media reported, in a rare graft case involving a government official in the Asian financial hub.
The jail term handed down on Thursday was longer than the six to seven months sought by prosecutors for Iswaran, who was instrumental in bringing the Formula One Grand Prix to Singapore.
Iswaran, 62, has been asked to surrender himself on October 7 to begin his jail term, Singapore’s Channel News Asia and The Straits Times reported.
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