A Singapore-based billionaire hotelier has pleaded guilty to charges connected to a rare corruption scandal that shocked the country last year.

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty to one charge of obstructing justice on Monday in a landmark corruption case that led to the jailing of former transport minister S. Iswaran last year. However,

The charges are related to flights, a hotel stay in Doha and Formula One tickets that former Transport Minister S.Iswaran had received when he headed the Singapore Formula One night race steering committee.