{{Short description|Singaporean former politician (born 1962)}} {{Indian patronymic|Iswaran|Subramaniam}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use British English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | name = S. Iswaran | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ta|எஸ். ஈஸ்வரன்}}}} | native_name_lang = ta | image = File:The Trade Minister of Singapore, Shri S. Iswaran meeting the Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi on October 03, 2016 (cropped).jpg | caption = Iswaran in 2016 | office = Minister for Transport | term_start = 15 May 2021 | term_end = 18 January 2024 | alongside = | prime_minister = Lee Hsien Loong | predecessor = Ong Ye Kung | successor = Chee Hong Tat | office1 = Minister for Communications and Information | term_start1 = 1 May 2018 | term_end1 = 14 May 2021 | alongside1 = | prime_minister1 = Lee Hsien Loong | predecessor1 = Yaacob Ibrahim | successor1 = Josephine Teo (As Minister for Digital Development and Information) | office2 = Minister for Trade and Industry<br />(Industry) | term_start2 = 1 October 2015 | term_end2 = 30 April 2018 | alongside2 = Lim Hng Kiang (Trade) | prime_minister2 = Lee Hsien Loong | predecessor2 = Lim Hng Kiang | successor2 = Chan Chun Sing<br />(as Minister for Trade and Industry) | office3 = Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | term_start3 = 21 May 2011 | term_end3 = 30 September 2015 | prime_minister3 = Lee Hsien Loong | deputy3 = | predecessor3 = Lim Hwee Hua | successor3 = Desmond Lee <br />Josephine Teo | office4 = Second Minister for Home Affairs | term_start4 = 21 May 2011 | term_end4 = 30 September 2015 | alongside4 = Masagos Zulkifli | predecessor4 = K. Shanmugam | successor4 = Desmond Lee (2017) | prime_minister4 = Lee Hsien Loong | minister4 = Teo Chee Hean | office5 = Second Minister for Trade and Industry | term_start5 = 21 May 2011 | term_end5 = 30 September 2015 | prime_minister5 = Lee Hsien Loong | minister5 = Lim Hng Kiang | constituency_MP6 = West Coast GRC | parliament6 = Singapore | term_start6 = 2 January 1997 | term_end6 = 16 January 2024 | predecessor6 = ''Constituency established'' | successor6 = ''Vacant, constituency later abolished'' | birth_name = Subramaniam Iswaran | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|6|14}}<ref name="Parliament Profile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/s-iswaran|title=PARL | MP|website=www.parliament.gov.sg|access-date=17 July 2020|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815172850/https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/s-iswaran|url-status=live}}</ref> | birth_place = Madras, Tamil Nadu, India<ref name="straitstimes19911201">{{Cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19911201-1.2.42.2?|title=Scholar with late nights ahead|agency=The Straits Times}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Kay Mary Taylor | children = 3 | party = | other_party = People's Action Party<br>(1997–2024) | alma_mater = National Junior College University of Adelaide (BEc)<br />Harvard University (MPA) | signature = | module2 = {{Infobox criminal | embed = yes | alias = | conviction = *Obtaining valuable items as a public servant under Section 165 of the Penal Code (4 counts) *Obstruction of justice under Section 204A(a) of the Penal Code | conviction_penalty = *12 months of imprisonment | conviction_status = Released | apprehended = 11 July 2023 | imprisoned = Changi Prison }} }}
'''Subramaniam Iswaran'''{{efn|{{langx|ta|சுப்பிரமணியம் ஈஸ்வரன்|translit=Cuppiramaṇiyam Īsvaraṉ}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/issues/16381/news16464.html|title=Alumni on the move|publisher=University of Adelaide|quote=Subramaniam Iswaran [B Ec 1985, B Ec (Hons] 1986) will be appointed as Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry in the Singapore Cabinet.|accessdate=12 July 2023|archive-date=20 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120150912/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/issues/16381/news16464.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (born 14 June 1962) is a Singaporean former politician. He last served as the Minister for Transport from 2021 until 2024, when he was charged with corruption.<ref name="Parliament Profile" /><ref name="Iau Zachariah 2024 x317" /> A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Pasir Panjang division of West Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 1997 and 2001, and the West Coast division of the same constituency between 2001 and 2024.
In 2023, Iswaran was arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in connection with a case that was not publicly disclosed at the time, and was instructed to take a leave of absence by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. His transport portfolio was succeeded by Chee Hong Tat, initially in an acting position. In January 2024, Iswaran resigned as Minister for Transport as well as from his positions as an MP and member of the PAP, two days before pleading not guilty to 27 counts of corruption and obstruction of justice relating to his dealings with Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng.
In September 2024, Iswaran pleaded guilty to four counts under Section 165 of the Penal Code, relating to "obtaining gratification as a public servant" and one count of obstruction of justice under Section 204A(a). He voluntarily returned more than S$384,000 in bribes and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-sentencing-former-singapore-minister-guilty-court-live-4653961|title=Live: Iswaran gets jail after pleading guilty to 5 offences|website=www.channelnewsasia.com|access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref> He completed his sentence in June 2025 and has since kept a low profile. Iswaran was the first Singaporean minister to be imprisoned since Wee Toon Boon in 1975.
== Early life and education == Iswaran was born on 14 June 1962 in Chennai, India, and later moved to Singapore as a child.<ref name="straitstimes199112012">{{Cite news |title=Scholar with late nights ahead |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19911201-1.2.42.2? |agency=The Straits Times}}</ref> Iswaran attended Saint Andrew's School and National Junior College<ref>{{Cite web|title=S Iswaran tells Mothership how to save a country in an unprecedented crisis: 1) Jobs 2) Jobs 3) Jobs|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/06/covid-interview-s-iswaran/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=mothership.sg|language=en|archive-date=18 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118074130/https://mothership.sg/2020/06/covid-interview-s-iswaran/|url-status=live}}</ref> before graduating from the University of Adelaide with first class honours, where he read economics, which was provided for by a Colombo Plan scholarship.<ref name="straitstimes19911201" /> He also holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mahbubani |first=Kishore |author-link=Kishore Mahbubani |date=2013 |title=Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: Building a Global Policy School in Asia |location=World Scientific |publisher=Singapore |page=4 |isbn=978-9814417228}}</ref>
==Career== Prior to entering politics, Iswaran was Senior Vice President and managing director at Temasek Holdings (2003–2006), Director for International Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), chief executive officer of the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA), and Director of Strategic Development at Singapore Technologies (1996–1998).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=6090351&privcapId=6811108|title=S. Iswaran: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=16 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225405/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=6090351&privcapId=6811108|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=http://investors.hyflux.com/newsroom/HYFLUX_MISC_30Jun06_Resignation_SIswaran.pdf|title=RESIGNATION OF S ISWARAN AS DIRECTOR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032248/http://investors.hyflux.com/newsroom/HYFLUX_MISC_30Jun06_Resignation_SIswaran.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
Throughout his political career, Iswaran concurrently held directorships in several organisations, including Quintiles Transnational, Sunningdale Tech,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Resignation Of Non-Executive Director (2) Cessation Of Alternate Director|url=http://sunningdale.listedcompany.com/news.html/id/86731|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916230149/http://sunningdale.listedcompany.com/news.html/id/86731|archive-date=16 September 2017}}</ref> Shin Corporation,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shin Corporation Public Company Limited 2006 Annual Report|url=https://www.intouchcompany.com/download/Annual%20Report%20CG/SHIN-Annual%20Report_2006_Eng.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516200901/http://www.intouchcompany.com/download/Annual%20Report%20CG/SHIN-Annual%20Report_2006_Eng.pdf|archive-date=16 May 2016|page=51}}</ref> SciGen, PSA International, Sembcorp Industries,<ref>{{Cite web|title=SembCorp Industries Annual Report 2003|url=http://www.sembcorp.com/AR/ar2003/lead/lead_directors.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916161841/http://www.sembcorp.com/AR/ar2003/lead/lead_directors.html|archive-date=16 September 2017|access-date=16 September 2017|website=www.sembcorp.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mr S Iswaran's Directorships|url=http://sunningdale.listedcompany.com/newsroom/SGXTemplate-MrIswaran.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916162831/http://sunningdale.listedcompany.com/newsroom/SGXTemplate-MrIswaran.pdf|archive-date=16 September 2017}}</ref> and Hyflux.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
===Political career=== [[File:S Iswaran at TE14 Orchard MRT station (TEL 3 Open House) 20221111 110540.jpg|thumb|left|Iswaran visiting Orchard MRT station during the Thomson–East Coast line open house, 2022.]] Iswaran made his political debut in the 1997 general election when he contested as part of a four-member People's Action Party (PAP) team in West Coast GRC and won with 70.14% of the vote, becoming a Member of Parliament.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=12 July 2023 |title=Singapore Minister Faces Most Serious Graft Probe Since 1986 |url=https://time.com/6293965/singapore-minister-iswaran-graft-probe/ |access-date=2 March 2024 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref>
From 2004 to 2006, Iswaran was Deputy Speaker of Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speakers Bio - S. Iswaran |url=http://www.siew.gov.sg/siew-2024/speakers/detail |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=Singapore International Energy Week |language=en |quote=Mr Iswaran has been elected as a Member of Parliament in five General Elections since 2 January 1997. Prior to his Cabinet appointment in 2006, he served on several Government Parliamentary Committees, and as the Deputy Speaker of Parliament from September 2004 to June 2006.}}</ref> On 1 July 2006, he was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=S Iswaran - Minister for Transport; Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations, Ministry of Transport of Singapore |url=https://www.weforum.org/people/s-iswaran/ |website=World Economic Forum}}</ref>
After the 2006 general election, on 1 April 2008, Iswaran was promoted to Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. On 1 April 2009, he was given an additional appointment as Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Education.<ref name=":1" />
Following the 2011 general election, Iswaran was promoted to full Minister in the Cabinet and appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Home Affairs, and Second Minister for Trade and Industry. After the 2015 general election, on 1 October 2015, he relinquished his three positions and took up the portfolio of Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) alongside Lim Hng Kiang, who was Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade).<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2015 |title=Full Cabinet line-up |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/cabinet-lineup |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=TODAY |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302035744/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/cabinet-lineup |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 May 2018, he became Minister for Communications and Information, however he did continue in the Ministry of Trade and Industry as Minister In-Charge of Trade Relations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Seow |first=Bei Yi |date=24 April 2018 |title=Cabinet reshuffle: S. Iswaran is new Minister for Communications and Information |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/cabinet-reshuffle-s-iswaran-is-new-minister-for-communications-and-information |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923 |archive-date=2 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302035744/https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/cabinet-reshuffle-s-iswaran-is-new-minister-for-communications-and-information |url-status=live }}</ref>
After the 2020 general election, Iswaran continued as Minister in the Ministry of Communications and Information. On 15 May 2021, after a Cabinet reshuffle, Iswaran became Minister for Transport while continuing his appointment as Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wainwright |first=Dale |date=26 April 2021 |title=Singapore gets its second transport minister in nine months |url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/singapore-gets-its-second-transport-minister-in-nine-months/2-1-1000852 |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=TradeWinds |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302035745/https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/singapore-gets-its-second-transport-minister-in-nine-months/2-1-1000852 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Prosecution and conviction == {{Main|Prosecution of S. Iswaran}}
===2023=== On 11 July 2023, Iswaran was arrested and released on bail. He also had his passport impounded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore Transport Minister S Iswaran was arrested and released on bail as part of CPIB probe |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-arrested-cpib-bail-passport-impounded-ong-beng-seng-3629671 |access-date=14 July 2023 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref> The next day, he and other individuals were summoned to assist in an unspecified corruption investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Upon being briefed on the investigation by the CPIB, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong instructed Iswaran to go on a leave of absence until the end of the investigations; Chee Hong Tat was appointed as the Acting Minister for Transport.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-cpib-assist-investigations-ongoing-pm-lee-3622586 |title=Transport Minister S Iswaran assisting in CPIB investigation, instructed to take leave of absence by PM Lee |date=12 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=Channel News Asia |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528073945/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-cpib-assist-investigations-ongoing-pm-lee-3622586 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Iswaran's case was the first high-profile graft investigation involving a minister since November 1986. In the previous investigation, Minister for National Development Teh Cheang Wan was investigated by the CPIB for bribery allegations; however, he committed suicide a month later before he could be formally charged.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/transport-minister-s-iswaran-assisting-corruption-probe-case-uncovered-cpib-placed-leave-pm-lee-2209691 |title=Transport Minister S Iswaran assisting with corruption probe in case uncovered by CPIB, placed on leave by PM Lee|date=12 July 2023 |work=TODAY }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/teh-cheang-wan-case-no-way-a-minister-can-avoid-investigations|title=Teh Cheang Wan case: No way a minister can avoid investigations|date=27 March 2015|work=The Straits Times|language=en|archive-date=28 August 2018|access-date=16 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828134539/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/teh-cheang-wan-case-no-way-a-minister-can-avoid-investigations|url-status=live}}</ref> The next day, the government announced that Iswaran would not have access to government offices and had to remain in Singapore until the investigations were completed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iswaran to remain in Singapore during CPIB investigation: Prime Minister's Office |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-cpib-investigation-remain-singapore-pmo-access-government-3626706 |access-date=15 January 2024 |website=CNA |language=en |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115081259/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-cpib-investigation-remain-singapore-pmo-access-government-3626706 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 2 August, Lee announced that Iswaran had been interdicted with a reduced monthly pay of $8,500 per civil service guidelines, as there were no specific provisions covering ministers under investigation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Iswaran interdicted from duty during CPIB probe, on a reduced pay of S$8,500 a month until further notice: PM Lee |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/cpib-probe-iswaran-interdicted-reduced-pay-8500-pm-lee-3671511 |access-date=15 January 2024 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref> Until his resignation, Iswaran drew a monthly salary of $16,000 as an MP as Parliament had not tabled a motion to remove it.<ref name=":0" />
===2024=== On 9 January 2024, investigations by the CPIB against Iswaran were completed and put under review by the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC). In a written reply to non-constituency MP (NCMP) Hazel Poa, Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing said that the CPIB had completed a "robust and thorough" investigation and assured that the case "[would] be put through the due legal process".<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2024 |title=S. Iswaran's CPIB probe: Investigations completed, being reviewed by Attorney-General's Chambers |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/s-iswaran-cpib-investigations-completed-reviewed-attorney-general-chambers-121341662.html |access-date=9 January 2024 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-SG}}</ref>
On 18 January, Iswaran was charged in the State Courts of Singapore with 27 charges relating to bribery and corruption.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taufiq Zalizan |title=Iswaran handed 27 charges for corruption, receiving gratification as a public servant and obstructing justice |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/iswaran-handed-27-charges-corruption-receiving-gratification-public-servant-and-obstructing-justice-2344626 |access-date=18 January 2024 |work=TODAY |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118012204/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/iswaran-handed-27-charges-corruption-receiving-gratification-public-servant-and-obstructing-justice-2344626 |url-status=live }}</ref> The CPIB alleged that Iswaran had obtained kickbacks valued at S$384,340.98 from property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, in part to advance Ong's business interests.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2024 |title=CPIB press release: S Iswaran Charged for Corruption and Other Offences |url=https://www.cpib.gov.sg/press-room/press-releases/180124siswaran/ |website=Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau official website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kok |first=Xinghui |date=18 January 2024 |title=Singapore minister charged with corruption in rare case |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-transport-minister-charged-court-graft-case-local-media-2024-01-18/ |website=Reuters}}</ref> Iswaran subsequently resigned as a member of the PAP, Minister for Transport and MP for West Coast GRC.<ref name="Iau Zachariah 2024 x317">{{cite web | last1=Iau | first1=Jean | last2=Zachariah | first2=Natasha Ann | title=Iswaran resigns as Transport Minister, from the PAP amid charges including corruption | website=The Straits Times | date=18 January 2024 | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/iswaran-resigns-as-transport-minister-from-the-pap-amid-charges-including-corruption | access-date=18 January 2024 | archive-date=17 February 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217190152/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/iswaran-resigns-as-transport-minister-from-the-pap-amid-charges-including-corruption | url-status=live }}</ref> He was defended by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh.<ref name="Zalizan 2024 v532">{{cite web | last=Zalizan | first=Taufiq | title=Iswaran handed 27 charges for corruption, receiving gratification as a public servant and obstructing justice | website=TODAY | date=18 January 2024 | url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/iswaran-handed-27-charges-corruption-receiving-gratification-public-servant-and-obstructing-justice-2344626 | access-date=18 January 2024 | archive-date=18 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118012204/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/iswaran-handed-27-charges-corruption-receiving-gratification-public-servant-and-obstructing-justice-2344626 | url-status=live }}</ref>
On 25 March, Iswaran was handed 8 new charges over obtaining $19k in items including a Brompton bicycle and golf clubs from Lum Kok Seng, the managing director at Lum Chang Building Contractors. There had been a contract between the company and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for addition and alteration works to Tanah Merah MRT station and existing viaducts.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Devaraj |first1=Samuel |last2=Shiying |first2=Wong |date=2024-03-25 |title=Iswaran faces 8 new charges over obtaining $19k in items including Brompton bike, golf clubs |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/iswaran-returns-to-state-courts-on-march-25-about-10-weeks-after-he-was-first-charged |access-date=2024-03-26 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923 |archive-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923222350/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/iswaran-returns-to-state-courts-on-march-25-about-10-weeks-after-he-was-first-charged |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore's ex-transport minister hit with 8 new charges in corruption case |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/3/25/singapores-ex-transport-minister-hit-with-8-new-charges-in-corruption-case |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
On 25 September, Iswaran pleaded guilty to 4 charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code 1871 for receiving gifts while in office as well as 1 charge of obstruction of justice. He was convicted of all 5 charges on the same day. The sentencing hearing was scheduled for 3 October. The prosecution sought a custodial sentence of 6 to 7 months whereas the defence contended that no more than 8 weeks' imprisonment should be imposed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kok|first=Xinghui|date=24 September 2024|title=Ex-minister Iswaran pleads guilty in graft case that has gripped Singapore |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/intrigue-singapore-ex-minister-prepares-rare-corruption-trial-2024-09-24/ |access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Tham |first1=Davina |last2=Lam |first2=Lydia |last3=Koh |first3=Wan Ting |date=24 September 2024 |title=Former Singapore transport minister Iswaran pleads guilty after charges amended |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-pleads-guilty-amended-charges-opening-trial-4624986 |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Channel News Asia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=As it happened: Iswaran convicted of five charges including obtaining gifts, to be sentenced on Oct 3 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-trial-convicted-guilty-lesser-charges-former-transport-minister-live-4623786 |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Channel News Asia |language=en |archive-date=27 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927014631/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-trial-convicted-guilty-lesser-charges-former-transport-minister-live-4623786 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 October, Iswaran was sentenced to 12 months in prison, a term higher than the requested sentencing by both the prosecution and the defence.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kok |first1=Xinghui |title=Singapore's disgraced former minister S. Iswaran jailed in landmark case |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapores-disgraced-former-transport-minister-awaits-sentencing-2024-10-02/ |access-date=3 October 2024 |work=Reuters |date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
===2025=== On 7 February 2025, after serving four months in prison, Iswaran was transferred to the home detention scheme to continue the rest of his sentence in the community. Having become eligible for parole by serving his sentence with good behaviour after two-thirds of his stipulated jail term (equivalent to eight months), he was allowed to transition to the home detention scheme halfway through his reduced sentence. The decision was made after the prison authorities took into consideration Iswaran's low propensity to re-offend, his strong familial support and his lack of institutional offences in prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former transport minister Iswaran placed on home detention scheme on Feb 7 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/iswaran-placed-on-home-detention-scheme-on-feb-7 |work=The Straits Times |date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
On 6 June, it was reported that Iswaran had completed his sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Transport Minister S Iswaran completes jail term |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/s-iswaran-former-transport-minister-completes-jail-term-5168501 |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Iswaran is married to Kay Mary Taylor, an Australian citizen.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shiying |first1=Wong |title=Iswaran's wife, a prosecution witness, in public gallery a sign there would be no trial |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-iswaran-s-wife-a-prosecution-witness-in-public-gallery-a-sign-there-would-be-no-trial |website=The Straits Times |access-date=15 September 2025 |language=en |date=24 September 2024}}</ref> They have a daughter, Monisha Catherine Iswaran, an Australian citizen, and two sons.<ref>[http://www.eurasians.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/16-April-June-20121.pdf A New Champion for the Eurasian Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828174333/http://www.eurasians.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/16-April-June-20121.pdf|date=28 August 2016}} The New Eurasian - April–June 2012 Issue</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Monisha Catherine Iswaran stripped of Singapore citizenship under Article 135(1)(b) |url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/08/25/monisha-catherine-iswaran-stripped-of-singapore-citizenship-under-article-1351b/#:~:text=Under%20Article%20135(1)(b)%20of%20the%20Constitution%2C,or%20used%20a%20foreign%20passport. |access-date=25 August 2025 |work=The Online Citizen |date=25 August 2025 |archive-date=25 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825074759/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/08/25/monisha-catherine-iswaran-stripped-of-singapore-citizenship-under-article-1351b/#:~:text=Under%20Article%20135(1)(b)%20of%20the%20Constitution%2C,or%20used%20a%20foreign%20passport. |url-status=dead }}</ref> Monisha previously held Singaporean citizenship by virtue of her father being Singaporean but was deprived of it in 2025 under Article 135(1)(b) of the Constitution. The Article provides that a person ceases to be a citizen of Singapore if they acquire the citizenship of another country after the Constitution came into force, or if, before that time, they applied for citizenship of another country and no other condition for the acquisition of Singapore citizenship was specified.<ref>{{cite web |title=No. 3557 –– Constitution of the Republic of Singapore |url=https://assets.egazette.gov.sg/2025/Government%20Gazette/Notices%20under%20the%20Constitution/3557.pdf |website=assets.egazette.gov.sg |publisher=Singapore Government Gazette |access-date=15 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825084639/https://assets.egazette.gov.sg/2025/Government%20Gazette/Notices%20under%20the%20Constitution/3557.pdf |archive-date=25 August 2025 |format=PDF}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.pmo.gov.sg/cabinet/Mr-S-Iswaran S. Iswaran ] On Prime Minister's Office * [https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/s-iswaran S. Iswaran] on Parliament of Singapore
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