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Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng’s permanent resident (PR) status will be reviewed by Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) after he was fined for abetting in the obstruction of justice on Friday.
The ICA said Singapore permanent residents who have been convicted of an offence will have their PR status reviewed.
“ICA will review Mr Ong Beng Seng’s PR since he has been convicted and sentenced,” the authority said on Friday.
Ong, 79, was fined S$30,000 (US$23,400) on Friday for abetting former transport minister S Iswaran in the obstruction of justice.
Principal District Judge Lee Lit Cheng had agreed with the prosecution and defence that judicial mercy was justified and imposed the maximum fine a District Court can give, instead of three months’ jail.
She said that imprisonment would carry a high risk of endangering Ong’s life since he has incurable malignant cancer – multiple myeloma – and is immunosuppressed and more prone to unusual and severe infections.
The cancer, which has destroyed parts of his skeletal system, has also made him susceptible to falls.
Judge Lee explained that the risks would be increased in prison even if Ong were to be housed in a medical ward, and his fall risk would also be heightened.
Ong last week pleaded guilty and admitted to arranging to bill Iswaran belatedly for a sum of S$5,700 to Singapore GP for a business class flight ticket from Doha to Singapore.
A Malaysian citizen, Ong moved to Singapore in 1950 when he was four years old, according to the New Straits Times.
The billionaire formed Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) in 1981, which was listed in Singapore the year after.
Ong is also the man behind Singapore GP, which brought the Formula One Grand Prix to Singapore in 2008.
This story was first published by CNA


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The property tycoon was fined US$23,400 on Friday for abetting former transport minister Iswaran in the obstruction of justice


The property tycoon was fined US$23,400 on Friday for abetting former transport minister Iswaran in the obstruction of justice.


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Singapore to review Ong Beng Seng’s PR status after he was fined in Iswaran gifts scandal

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The property tycoon was fined US$23,400 on Friday for abetting former transport minister Iswaran in the obstruction of justice

The property tycoon was fined US$23,400 on Friday for abetting former transport minister Iswaran in the obstruction of justice