Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng charged with two offences linked to Iswaran probe


Ong Beng Seng leaving the state court, in Singapore on Oct 4, 2024. - Reuters

SINGAPORE: Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng has been handed a charge under Section 165 and another for obstruction of justice.

According to court documents, the 78-year-old had sometime in December 2022 allegedly instigated former transport minister S. Iswaran to obtain a valuable thing by offering him a trip from Singapore to Doha on his private plane with a value of about US$7,700 ($10,410.40).

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