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2 S'poreans charged overseas

Shin Orochi

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
Singapore
Apr 2, 2010

2 S'poreans charged overseas

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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> TWO Singaporeans, both allegedly involved in commercial crimes, have been charged in separate courts overseas. Singaporean Helmy Omar Sa'aid, 33, earned the dubious distinction of being the first foreign national to be successfully extradited to Britain to face charges of insider trading. Appearing in the City of Westminster's Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, Helmy was slapped with 14 counts of insider trading. The case also involves another Singaporean, Angie Lew Siew Yoon, and her British husband Christian Littlewood who were charged earlier last month. Their offences relate to trading in a number of different London Stock Exchange and AIM listed shares between 2000 and last year.

News reports in Britain said Helmy was first arrested in the French territory of Mayotte on March 15, on an arrest warrant issued at the request of Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA). It was the first time the FSA has requested the extradition of a suspect from abroad to face criminal charges in Britain. He has been remanded and will appear in court again on June 3. In a separate case, Singaporean Hwang Sin Jen, 69, was hauled to the Perth Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for stealing and money laundering offences totalling more than A$2.5 million (S$3.2 million).

Hwang, director of a Perth company, was part of a joint venture developing a former hotel site on the Great Eastern Highway in Western Australian.
Australian reports said that the dispute involves the joint ownership of the rear half of the site, which has development approval for three residential towers. One of the towers has been completed but construction of the remaining two has been delayed. It is unclear how the money was stolen or laundered.

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Read the full story in Saturday's editon of The Straits Times.


 
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