Singapore Ex-Minister’s Corruption Trial to Begin September 10

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August 12, 2024 at 6:58 a.m.

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore will start the trial against its former transport minister S. Iswaran next month, in the latest update to the biggest political scandal to hit the city-state.

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