Iswaran allowed to leave S’pore to help son settle in at Australia uni; case transferred to High Court

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Iswaran was handed 27 charges in January which he pleaded not guilty to.

Former transport minister S. Iswaran turned up at the State Courts at around 2.30pm on Feb 8 to make an application to leave jurisdiction.

When The Straits Times approached him after the hearing to ask what his relation to Iswaran is, Mr Ng did not respond and walked away. Senior Counsel Davinder Singh from Davinder Singh Chambers, who is leading the defence team for Iswaran, was also not in court. The defence lawyer then sought the prosecution’s agreement to an early trial, adding that this should be possible, as the authorities have “had a long time to investigate this matter”.

 

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