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Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence for receiving illegal gifts

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A former Singaporean Cabinet minister began a one-year prison term Monday for receiving illegal gifts after saying he would not appeal his sentence in the rare criminal case involving a government minister in the Asian financial hub.

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