“I accept full responsibility for my actions and apologise unreservedly to all Singaporeans,” he said in a statement. Read more at straitstimes.com.

S Iswaran said in a Facebook statement hours before his scheduled surrender that he would not be appealing his sentence. He thanked his supporters and apologised unreservedly to all Singaporeans.

"I accept that as a Minister what I did was wrong under Section 165," said Iswaran.