A former superior minister of the government of Singapore, who was imprisoned following a high -level trial last year, was authorized to serve the rest of his 12 -month sentence at home.
Subramaniam Iswaran was imprisoned on October 7 after pleading guilty of having accepted gifts worth more than $ 403,000 ($ 300,000; £ 240,000) during his mandate, as well as to obstruct the course of .
The case of Iswaran seized Singapore, where a corruption case involving an official is rare. The island nation which serves as a financial center of Southeast Asia is proud of its own creaky image.
On Friday, he was transferred to an arrest at home, said the penitentiary service of Singapore (SPS).
In Singapore, detainees can be transferred to home detention after being assessed on factors such as their conduct in prison and the response to rehabilitation.
The authorities said that Iswaran had been “a low risk of recurrence, did not commit any institutional offense in prison and have solid family support”.
During home detention, he will have to wear an electronic surveillance label and report to the prison authorities for advice.
Local broadcaster Channel News Asia said he saw Iswaran take a meal at home on Friday.
The 12 -month prison sentence of Iswaran was longer than his defense team and the prosecutors asked during his trial.
During his conviction in October, the judge said that civil servants like Iswaran should also be considered as “greater guilt to abuse their position to obtain precious gifts”.
Iswaran is the first Political Bureau holder in Singapore to be tried in court in the past 50 years.
The last time a minister was faced with an investigation into corruption, it was in 1986, when the Minister of Development, Teh Cheang Wan, was the subject of an investigation for having accepted pots wine. He committed suicide before being charged.
