Former transport minister S Iswaran arrives at the State Courts to surrender and begin jail term
S Iswaran said in a Facebook statement hours before his scheduled surrender that he would not be appealing his sentence. He thanked his supporters and apologised unreservedly to all Singaporeans.
Iswaran will not be appealing jail sentence; prison term to start Oct 7
SINGAPORE: Former transport minister S. Iswaran will not be appealing the sentence handed down by the High Court on Thursday (Oct 3).
Singapore’s Indian-origin ex-Minister Iswaran begins 1-yr jail term for corruption; apologises to nation
Singapore’s Indian-origin former transport minister S Iswaran on Monday began his one-year jail term in a corruption case, opting not to appeal his conviction, and apologised “unreservedly” to the nation.
Singapore’s Iswaran will not appeal against 12 months’ sentence, ‘accepts full responsibility’
The former transport minister says he will begin his one-year jail term on Monday and ‘apologises unreservedly to all Singaporeans’.
Former Singapore transport minister Iswaran will not appeal 12 months' jail sentence
Iswaran, who was convicted after pleading guilty to four charges of obtaining valuable items as a public servant and one count of obstruction of justice, is scheduled to surrender to the court at 4 pm on Monday to begin his sentence.
Ex-Singapore Minister Iswaran accepts charges, begins 12-month jail term
S Iswaran has was accused of accepting gift worth $306,000 from Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng and businessman David Lum
S Iswaran apologises to Singaporeans and declines to appeal jail sentence
"As a Minister, what I did was wrong under section 165. I accept full responsibility for my actions and apologise unreservedly to all Singaporeans," he said
Iswaran not appealing 12-month jail sentence
Former transport minister S. Iswaran will not be appealing the sentence handed to him by the High Court. In a statement on his Facebook page at 1.20pm on Monday (Oct 7), Iswaran said that he will start serving his sentence on the same day.
Ex-Singapore minister won’t appeal sentence, begins jail term today
Singapore’s former transport minister S Iswaran said he would not be appealing his 12-month jail term, which starts today, after he was convicted of four counts of receiving gifts and one of obstructing justice.
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Iswaran not appealing 12-month jail sentence, apologises to all Singaporeans
S Iswaran apologised to all Singaporeans and said he accepted that what he did as a minister was "wrong under Section 165".
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