Singapore is set to charge property billionaire Ong Beng Seng over the case of an ex-government minister who was sentenced to 12 months in prison for obtaining gifts from the businessman.Ong is expected to face two counts,

Ong was credited with bringing Formula One to Singapore in 2008. In 2022, his privately owned firm Singapore GP and the Singapore Tourism Board secured the rights to host the Sing

A Singapore court on Friday charged property tycoon Ong Beng Seng with two offenses related to a case against former transport minister S. Iswaran, who was convicted earlier of breaking the law by receiving gifts including Formula-1 tickets and a trip to Doha.

Singapore charged property tycoon Ong Beng Seng with abetment and obstruction of justice after sentencing to jail former Transport Minister S. Iswaran for obtaining gifts from him.

Malaysian hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng was hit with two charges on Friday, both connected to Singapore's jailed ex-transport minister S. Iswaran.

Ong faces one charge of abetting a public servant to obtain valuable gifts and another of obstructing justice.

Ong's charge came at a time when the loss-making Mulberry shot down Mike Ashley's 83 million pounds takeover offer.

Singapore’s most serious ministerial wrongdoing probe since the 1980s has led to charges levied against a billionaire best known for bringing Formula One racing to the city, and who has political ties that go back decades.

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who was named in several charges to which Singapore's former transport minister was found guilty, is scheduled for a criminal mention on Oct. 4, Singapore Courts' hearing list showed on Thursday.

Ong, known as a ‘risk taker’ and ‘shrewd businessman’ with a penchant for closing deals, has also had brushes with controversy.