Billionaire Ong’s Singapore Guilty Plea Delayed on Doctor Report

Billionaire Ong Beng Seng will plead guilty at a later date than originally expected in a case related to a former Singapore government minister who was jailed for obtaining gifts from the property tycoon.

“Mr. Ong has requested for more time to obtain more detailed reports from his doctors on his medical condition, and the ongoing monitoring and treatment required,” a spokesperson for Ong said in a statement on Wednesday. Prosecutors didn’t object to the delay, court documents show.

Ong Beng Seng, center, in Oct. 2024.

Photographer: Edwin Koo/Bloomberg

Ong, 79, was scheduled to plead guilty on April 2 to one charge of obstructing justice. Another charge of abetting ...