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Former Singapore minister jailed in rare graft trial

Singapore's former Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge for Trade Relations S. Iswaran leaves the Supreme Court in Singapore on October 3, 2024. [AFP]

A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the city-state's first political graft trial for nearly half a century.

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