In this May 17, 2022 file photo, then Singapore's Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge for Trade Relations S. Iswaran delivers his opening address at the Changi Aviation Summit in Singapore. (PHOTO / AFP)

SINGAPORE - Former Singapore transport minister S. Iswaran was charged in the State Courts with eight additional counts of obtaining valuable things as a public servant, according to a statement issued by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) Monday.

Iswaran received valuables with a total value of nearly 19,000 Singapore dollars ($14,000) from businessman Lum Kok Seng between November 2021 and November 2022, the CPIB noted.

S. Iswaran, 61, denies the charges according to local media reports

He resigned from the cabinet and the Parliament after he was charged with 27 offenses under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code in January.

Iswaran, 61, denies the charges according to local media reports.

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Those include corruption and obstructing the course of justice, which were leveled on Jan 18. If convicted of graft, he could be fined up to S$100,000 or face seven years in prison.

He was arrested in July last year and alleged to have obtained kickbacks worth S$384,340 ($286,181) from property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, partly to advance Ong's business interests.

Charge sheets show the favours included tickets to football matches, musicals, a flight on Ong's private plane and tickets to the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix. Iswaran was advisor to the Grand Prix's steering committee, while Ong owns the rights to the race.

With Reuters inputs