The charges are related to flights, a hotel stay in Doha and Formula One tickets that former Transport Minister S.Iswaran had received when he headed the Singapore Formula One night race steering committee.

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty to one charge of abetting the obstruction of justice on Monday in part of a landmark case that led to the jailing of former transport minister S. Iswaran for obtaining valuable items as a public servant last year.

SINGAPORE: Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty on Monday (Aug 4), in a case linked to former transport minister S Iswaran. Ong, 79, admitted to one charge of abetting Iswaran in obstructing the course of justice by helping the latter pay S$5,