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Singapore's former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, local media reported, as proceedings began on Tuesday in a rare graft trial involving a state official in this Asian financial hub.
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported.
Four countries on Wednesday accused the Taliban of “gross and systematic” violations of the U.N. treaty on women’s rights in Afghanistan, saying they would take the group to the world’s highest court because of its harsh, widely criticized restrictions on women.
He was the first minister to be charged with corruption in Singapore in nearly 50 years. For months, he had vowed to clear his name.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s first ministerial corruption trial in nearly half a century began Tuesday, with former Transport Minister S. Iswaran facing charges in a rare scandal in the Asian financial hub known for its squeaky clean government.
The courtroom drama unfolded swiftly on Tuesday, with prosecutors amending his initial 35 charges to just four related to gift acceptance and one for obstructing justice within minutes of the trial beginning.
“This is definitely high stakes for the PAP because he was a cabinet minister at the time. After all, they predicate on the fact that they are incorruptible,” said independent political observer Felix Tan, referring to the party’s long-standing commitment to zero tolerance on bribery.