SINGAPORE, July 28 -- In a significant development, property tycoon Ong Beng Seng is set to plead guilty on August 4 to charges related to a case involving former Singapore transport minister S. Iswaran.

This decision follows a pre-trial conference held on July 28.

Ong, 79, who is currently out on S$800,000 (RM2.6 million) bail, has been navigating the legal system for several months.

The businessmanplanned to plead guilty on April 2.

However, this was postponed after his legal team requested additional time to obtain his medical reports.

The plea was then rescheduled for July 3, but was again delayed as both the prosecution and defence required more time to file further submissions on sentencing.

The case has since undergone multip...