A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offences, over flights and luxury hotel accommodation given to a disgraced ex-transport minister sentenced to jail the previous day in a major corruption case.

Ong, known as a 'risk taker' and 'shrewd businessman' with a penchant for closing deals, has also had brushes with controversy At the centre of Singapore's most talked-about political scandal centred on former minister S Iswaran,

Singapore’s most serious ministerial wrongdoing probe since the 1980s has led to charges levied against a billionaire best known for bringing Formula One racing to the city, and who has political ties that go back decades.

A Singapore court charged a top property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offences by a disgraced ex-transport minister jailed a day earlier in the city-state's high-profile government graft case,

Singapore charged property tycoon Ong Beng Seng with abetment and obstruction of justice after sentencing to jail former Transport Minister S. Iswaran for obtaining gifts from him.

Singapore is set to charge property billionaire Ong Beng Seng over the case of an ex-government minister who was sentenced to 12 months in prison for obtaining gifts from the businessman.