After a pre-trial conference on Friday ( Feb 28 ), property tycoon Ong Beng Seng is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to charges relating to former transport minister S Iswaran.
Ong, 79, was charged with two crimes in October 2024.
He is charged with aiding the former minister in getting an all-expenses-priced trip to Doha in December 2022 worth about S$ 20, 850 ( US$$ 15, 500 ).
The additional cost contends that Ong consciously assisted Iswaran in May of that year when the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau began its investigation by paying S$ 5,700 to Singapore GP for a business school flight seat from Doha to Singapore on the same route.  ,
Following the pre-trial meeting on Friday,  , his determination to plead guilty was reflected in an update on the judge’s case management system.
His parole of S$ 800, 000 was extended, and he , is set to plead guilty on Apr 2.
A spokeswoman for Ong declined to comment.
Ong has been reportedly diagnosed with bone marrow cancers earlier this month.
Two people close to Ong confirmed his problem, with one saying he has many cancer. This uncommon bone bone cancer is caused by abnormal development of malignant blood cells in the bone marrow.
The 79-year-old has been receiving treatment and has recently requested that he go abroad for medical treatment. Aside from his fame as a businessman, Ong is well-known as the architect of Singapore’s Formula 1 in 2008.