Changi Prison

Ex-Singapore minister Iswaran starts jail term for accepting gifts

S. Iswaran, a former transport minister of Indian origin in Singapore, has begun his one-year jail sentence at Changi Prison. The 62-year-old, who served in politics for thirty years as a member of the ruling People’s Action Party, was allocated a 6.9 sq m single cell due to “higher safety and security risk,” according to the Singapore Prison Service (SPS)…