Singapore-based Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng to be sentenced on Aug 15, prosecution does not object to fine due to his poor health

SINGAPORE: Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty on Aug 4 to abetting the obstruction of justice in a case linked to former transport minister S. Iswaran. Ong is expected to be sentenced on Aug 15. His bail of S$800,000 (US$621,552) has been extended. The prosecution acknowledged that while eight weeks imprisonment would ordinarily be warranted, judicial...