SINGAPORE: Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, the man who brought Formula 1 to Singapore, pleaded guilty on Monday (Aug 4) to abetting former Transport Minister S Iswaran in obstructing the course of justice.
If not for his medical conditions, the prosecution said it would have asked for a jail sentence of eight weeks. Instead, it agreed to judicial mercy being exercised in this case and called for the maximum fine to be imposed.
Ong’s defence argued that being in prison would expose the billionaire to potential infections that could kill him.
The judge set Ong’s sentencing for Aug 15. Ong is now out on bail.
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