The Department of Foreign Affairs has spent nearly €1.4 million over the past two years on diplomatic bags – secure pouches typically used for transporting documents and other materials between ...

The official use of diplomatic bags came under scrutiny in 2022 after it emerged that they had been deployed to send novelty socks ...

SINGAPORE — A director-general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was charged on Thursday (Nov 23) over his alleged misuse of diplomatic bags. Gilbert Oh Hin Kwan, 44, had allegedly used ...

The Department of International Relations and Co-operation’s (Dirco) failure to budget through supply chain management for the renewal of the Diplomatic Bag Service may have grave implications ...

Gilbert Oh Hin Kwan, a director-general at Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been charged with cheating and lying to a public servant over the use of diplomatic bags. (Photo ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Lebanon's Foreign Ministry clarified that it adhered to the 1961 Vienna Convention and did not inspect diplomatic bags carried by an Iranian diplomat, contrary to reports from ...

SINGAPORE: A director-general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has admitted to lying to the ministry over the intended use of diplomatic bags to courier luxury watches for a friend in ...

Oh faced two cheating charges for misusing the diplomatic bag service. These charges were considered during sentencing. A diplomatic bag is used to send documents or articles intended for official ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs has spent almost €1.4 million in the past two years on diplomatic bags – special pouches typically used to transport documents and other items between embassies.