Singapore ex-minister gets 12 months' jail in rare graft trial A Singaporean former minister was sentenced yesterday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the city-state's first political graft trial for nearly half a century. Ex-transport minister S Iswaran, known for helping bring Formula 1 to the financial hub, was...

Taiwan deports two Chinese nationals for harassing HK exiles Taiwan's government said yesterday that two Chinese nationals had been deported after they harassed a protest held by Hong Kong exiles in Taipei on China's national day. Democratically governed Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory, is home to a large Hong Kong community who have left...