SINGAPORE, Feb. 8 -- Prominent Malaysian property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who is currently facing charges linked to Singapore's former transport minister S Iswaran's corruption case, has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, sources close to him have reportedly confirmed.
According to Channel News Asia (CNA), two individuals familiar with Ong's condition said that the 79-year-old has multiple myeloma, a rare cancer characterised by an abnormal expansion of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow.
He has been undergoing chemotherapy, they added, and had previously sought court approval to travel abroad for medical treatment.
A spokesman for Ong and Hotel Properties Limited, where he serves as managing director, declined to comment on hi...