Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty on Monday (Aug 4) to abetting former Transport Minister S Iswaran in obstructing the course of justice. His lawyers urged the court to exercise judicial mercy and impose a fine with no prison time to which the prosecution did not object. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng look at what judicial mercy is and the circumstances it can be invoked with Chooi Jing Yen, Director of Chooi Jing Yen LLC. 

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty on Monday (Aug 4) to abetting former Transport Minister S Iswaran in obstructing the course of justice. His lawyers urged the court to exercise judicial mercy and impose a fine with no prison time to which the prosecution did not object. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng look at what judicial mercy is and the circumstances it can be invoked with Chooi Jing Yen, Director of Chooi Jing Yen LLC.&nbsp;

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