A Singapore court was due on Thursday to sentence a former transport minister convicted last week of receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in what could be the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member in a city-state known for clean governance.

A former Singapore government minister was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday on corruption charges after pleading guilty to accepting gifts worth more than $300,000 including Formula 1 race and soccer match tickets,

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.