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Unacceptable for public servants to accept valuable gifts: Deputy A-G
The Straits Times
|September 25, 2024
While there have been cases of politicians in other countries accepting valuable gifts, this is not acceptable in Singapore, and that is why the prosecution charged former minister S. Iswaran, said Deputy Attorney-General Tai Wei Shyong.
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He was explaining why the public prosecutor brought charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which makes it an offence for public servants to accept or obtain valuable items from people who they have dealings with in their official capacity.
On what was to be the first day of the trial on Sept 24, the prosecution amended the two corruption charges that Iswaran faced to charges under Section 165.
The prosecution then proceeded with four charges under Section 165 and one charge under Section 204A (a) for obstruction of justice, with the remaining 30 charges against Iswaran taken into consideration.
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