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A former principal minister of the Singapore government, who was imprisoned after a high profile trial last year, has been allowed to comply with the rest of his 12 -month sentence from his home.
Subramaniam Iswaran was imprisoned on October 7 after he declared himself guilty of accepting gifts worth more than S $ 403,000 ($ 300,000; £ 240,000) while he was in office, in addition to obstructing the course of justice.
Iswaran’s case seized Singapore, where a corruption case that involves a public official is rare. The island nation that serves as a financial center of Southeast Asia is proud of its clean and squeaky image.
He was transferred to house arrest on Friday, said the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) to local media.
In Singapore, inmates can be transferred to home arrest after being evaluated in factors such as their prison behavior and rehabilitation response.
The authorities said it was discovered that Iswaran was “low risk of recidivism, did not commit any institutional crime in prison and has strong family support.”
As long as you are in home arrest, you will be asked to use an electronic monitoring label and report the prison authorities to obtain advice.
Local BroadCaster Cannel News Asia reported having seen Iswaran eat at home on Friday.
Iswaran’s 12 months prison sentence was longer than his defense team and his prosecutors sought during his trial.
During his sentence in October, The judge said that public officials such as Iswaran must also be seen as “greater guilt when abusing their position to obtain valuable gifts.”
Iswaran is the first head of the Political Office in Singapore to be tried in court in the last 50 years.
The last time a minister faced an investigation of corruption was in 1986, when Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan was investigated for accepting bribes. He committed suicide before being accused.
