Former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran placed on home detention scheme

[tmkedmw]

Will OBS offer him a job whilst on home detention ?

 

[buffybuffy]

So, OBS case on boh ?

Have you tried looking under the carpet or drain?

 

[nasfieldjohn]

ivory tower jail
comes with comfort of home with tv/aircon/internet/good food

 

[tazzycorner]

Role model to all prisoners.
U behave - u got hope.
Applies to all.
yellow ribbon is working.

truly inspiring

 

[trax06]

this type peasants can qualify anot ?

Can la. He is not that special.

 

[Mebeater]

Not bad still can watch prawn and pcc at home

 

[ninjaghost]

sg ver ah pian??

 

[Hahahaman]

 

[JivBunny]

Is a win win.

1. Home detention means less security and other issues with him. Just need to tag him and monitor

2. save the cost of housing him

3. As a prisoner, sleeping in own bed and toilet is better than the sleeping on a mat.

 

[Evil_Boss]

Song song. Can start looking into MRT problems again. CHT, make way.

maybe become grab driver

 

[cute_togepi]

No wonder MRT breakdown, maybe up there trying to tell us its a wrong move.

 

[focus1974]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...pmSP46BR2EFiKHdjJM_aem_QFGPqaz_TPYu9n5zOnk0uQ

people home detention is stay in pigeon hole with no activities.
his home detention can be staying inside his landed with many facilities...
all inside his house.

jin song.

home detention can roam outside of house freely during certain hours or not?

 

[MrAwesomeX]

The way he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and not corruption is already questionable.
Kind of hard not to believe our rich and powerful is not above the law when these kind of things happens.
Can argue until kena POFMA abd still they will deny it is so.

Possibly part of the under table bargain to get him out of jail before 2025 erection.
Lots of edmwers(including me) predict he would be out before erection.

Rest is all a show , double charges to 12mths etc.

Mediacock should have recruited these clowns to shoot a drama .

Justice traded for political gains . LKY would have never done his as he knew if he start a Precedence for this it would eventually corrupt and topple the system.

LHL has unknownly opened the Pandora box .

 

[kuti-kuti]

huat aah!!

 

[divineone]

Guess we're not that different from Malaysia. Next step will be to give royal pardon

 

[tan kuku]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...pmSP46BR2EFiKHdjJM_aem_QFGPqaz_TPYu9n5zOnk0uQ

Ya just visited him at his Astrid GCB.. can see that he is still visibly shaken from the prison experience .., with tears in his eyes .. he mentioned that he is gg to join opp possibly under WP banner… join forces with Singh n additionally have some closet skeletons to sexpose …

 

[moonlighter_sg]

This is a special treatment.

 

[yperic]

Former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran moved to home detention​

Iswaran began his 12-month jail term on Oct 7, 2024.

S Iswaran arrives at the State Courts to surrender and begin his jail term on Oct 7, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Wallace Woon)

SINGAPORE: Former transport minister S Iswaran, who is serving a 12-month jail term, was placed in home detention on Friday (Feb 7).

The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) announced this on the same day in response to CNA's queries.

"Like all inmates emplaced on the Home Detention Scheme, S Iswaran will serve his remaining sentence at his residence under specified conditions, which include curfew monitoring using an electronic monitoring tag, being gainfully occupied either in work, study or training, and reporting to SPS for counselling," said SPS.

Iswaran began his 12-month jail term on Oct 7, 2024.

REMISSION AND HOME DETENTION CONDITIONS​

Under the Prisons Act, inmates who display good conduct in prison are eligible for remission after serving two-thirds of their sentence, or after serving 14 days of their sentence, whichever ends later.

A prisoner is also eligible to be released on the home detention scheme for a period not exceeding 12 months if they are serving a sentence of four weeks or more, and have served at least 14 days of their sentence.

Factors such as their conduct, and progress and response to rehabilitation during their time in prison, are taken into account when accessing eligibility for home detention, said SPS.

"(Iswaran) has been assessed suitable for emplacement on the scheme, as he is of low risk of re-offending, did not commit any institutional offence in prison, and has strong family support," said the prison service.

Lawyers confirmed with CNA that, in their experience, offenders become eligible for home detention after serving around one-third of their sentence.

"During home detention, inmates who have approved employment can leave the home during their working hours while inmates who are unemployed usually only have a few hours out of the home in the afternoons," said Mr Adrian Wee of Lighthouse Law LLC.

Last year, about 44 per cent of the inmates eligible for home detention were placed on the scheme, SPS added.

SPS did not state in its email response, sent at 11.30am, if Iswaran has been released from prison.

CNA reporters stationed at the two main entry points of Changi Prison did not see Iswaran leaving the complex on foot.

Multiple batches of inmates were released at 11am, 11.30am and 12pm on Friday, but there was no sign of Iswaran.

THE CASE​

Iswaran pleaded guilty on Sep 24, 2024 to four charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which forbids all public servants from obtaining any valuable thing from someone involved with them in an official capacity.

These were for obtaining valuables from Singapore GP majority shareholder Ong Beng Seng and construction boss Lum Kok Seng while he held portfolios that had official dealings with the two men.

Iswaran also pleaded guilty to one charge of obstructing justice by belatedly repaying the cost of a flight to Doha.

Another 30 charges under Section 165 were taken into consideration.

Across all charges, he admitted to obtaining S$403,300 (US$300,000) worth of valuables over seven years, including tickets to musicals, Formula 1 events and football matches, as well as alcohol and a Brompton bicycle gifted to him for his 60th birthday.

He resigned from office in January 2024 and has made a voluntary disgorgement of S$380,305.95. This refers to giving up illegally obtained gains.

Ong's case is pending before the courts, while the Attorney-General's Chambers has said they will not file charges against Mr Lum.

Source: CNA/dv

 

[gilcrest]

It’s really different when you are the company man, jail term also got discount become part time jail/ holiday camp at home

Really is above the law

But in the eyed of the law he was sentence to 12 months which barred him for future political endeavors

 

[footi3]

wow so fast 1 year liao meh?
he must be super good obedient inmate