Imho, as much a rebuke of a meek AGC as it is the corrupt minister⚖️
'Manifestly inadequate': Judge on why Iswaran received a year in #jail instead of shorter #sentence
"Justice Hoong also said tt "trust & confidence in #public #institutions r the bedrock of effective #governance, which can be easily undermined by a public servant who falls below e standards of #integrity & #accountability." .. holders of #highoffice will hv a larger resultant impact on e public interest"
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/manifestly-inadequate-judge-why-iswaran-received-year-jail-instead-shorter-sentence
'Manifestly inadequate': Judge on why Iswaran received a year in jail instead of shorter sentence
In the end, neither the prosecution nor the defence got what they argued for regarding the sentence for the five charges former Transport Minister S Iswaran was convicted for on Sept 24. The defence, led by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, asked for no more than eight weeks' jail, while the prosecution, led by Deputy Attorney-General Tai Wei Shyong, pushed for...
