Overview

• Ong, 79, admitted one count of abetting obstruction of justice by arranging a belated payment of S$5,700 for former Transport Minister S. Iswaran’s business-class flight from Doha to Singapore.
• A second charge of abetting a public servant in obtaining flights and hotel accommodation was taken into consideration for sentencing.
• The CPIB’s May 2023 seizure of Iswaran’s private jet flight manifest revealed the Doha trip and prompted the delayed invoicing.
• Ong is the majority shareholder of Singapore GP and played a pivotal role in bringing Formula One to Singapore in 2008.
• Prosecutors recommended a two-month jail term but have also backed a fine-only outcome under Singapore’s judicial mercy provisions.