SINGAPORE — Former transport minister S Iswaran was on Monday (March 25) handed eight new charges for allegedly obtaining a range of valuable items from the managing director of a company involved in construction works on Tanah Merah MRT station.

Iswaran is accused of obtaining items such as bottles of whisky, a Brompton bicycle and golf clubs from one Lum Kok Seng of Lum Chang Building Contractors.

Mr Lum is listed as the managing director of Lum Chang Holdings, parent company of Lum Chang Building Contractors, on its website. Iswaran allegedly obtained the items, valued between S$186 and S$7,907.50 each, sometime between November 2021 and November 2022.

In a separate statement on Monday, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said that the new charges involved valuables worth about S$18,957.

According to a Singapore Exchange filing in October 2016, Lum Chang Holdings was awarded the contract for alteration works on Tanah Merah MRT station and its vicinity — valued at S$325 million — by the Land Transport Authority.

The works, which commenced at the end of 2016, were targeted for completion this year. 

TODAY has sent queries to the Attorney-General Chambers and Lum Chang Holdings for comments.