Ex-S'pore transport minister will not appeal jail sentence

Former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran has decided not to appeal the 12-month imprisonment sentence the High Court handed him last week.

Iswaran, who was convicted after pleading guilty to four charges of obtaining valuable items as a public servant and one count of obstruction of justice, is scheduled to surrender to the court at 4pm today to begin his sentence.

The 62-year-old, in a statement, said he accepted full responsibility for his...