Singapore ex-minister Iswaran placed under house arrest

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This comes four months after S Iswaran was sentenced to 12 months in prison for receiving gifts worth over S$400,000.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/07/singapore-ex-minister-iswaran-placed-under-house-arrest/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #SIswaran #HouseArrest #Singapore

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00:00Singapore's former Transport Minister S Iswaran has been placed under house arrest

00:06just four months after being sentenced to 12 months in prison for receiving gifts worth

00:10over S$400,000.

00:14The Singapore Prison Service confirmed that Iswaran 62 had been placed under its home

00:18detention scheme, CNA reported.

00:21The department said the sentence includes specified conditions such as curfew monitoring

00:25using an electric monitoring tag, being gainfully occupied either in work, study or training

00:31and reporting to the Singapore Prison Service for counselling.

00:35It also said Iswaran was deemed suitable for the home detention scheme as he was at low

00:39risk of repeating the offence, had strong family support and did not commit any institutional

00:44offences while jailed.

00:46Iswaran pleaded guilty in September to amended charges involving four counts of receiving

00:51gifts and one of obstructing justice.

00:54He was initially charged with 35 counts, including corruption.

00:57In January 2024, he resigned as a minister and MP, as well as from the ruling People's

01:02Action Party, saying he would defend his innocence in court.

01:06Singapore's Prisons Act allows inmates to be placed under the home detention scheme

01:10for a maximum of 12 months.

01:12The inmate must have been sentenced to more than four weeks in prison and served at least

01:1614 days of the sentence.

01:19Danish Rajareza, FNT News.

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