Disbarred lawyer kena charged for CBT / Forgery

[Balls2U]

SINGAPORE: A recently-disbarred lawyer was charged with 31 counts of criminal breach of trust, as well as one charge of forgery.

The amount of money involved totalled about S$1.4 million.

Raymond Tan Tiong Hian, 44, allegedly misappropriated large sums of money from his firm's clients account between June 2009 and November 2010.

He allegedly did this by transferring the cash to individuals and organisations that were not clients of the firm.

All the transactions involved five-figure sums.

He's also accused of forging a letter that was purportedly issued by the Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office.

Tan, who was disbarred on August 16 for professional misconduct, will be back in court on September 25.

For criminal breach of trust as an agent, Tan could be jailed for life.

For forgery, the maximum penalty is 10 years' jail and a fine.

- CNA/cc

 

[Balls2U]

This is the same chap who got struck off the rolls last week. But shouldn't the striking out comes after he's charged and convicted of the offence? Can they just strike him out before his guilt is established and pronounced by a court of law? Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty?

 

[laksaboy]

The legal industry has a 'reputation' to uphold. It doesn't matter if guilt is established.

 

[blackmore]

Well, if he is convicted taxpayers have to bear the costs till he die literally.

 

[Leongsam]

You left out the "guess which race?" part.

 

[Balls2U]

Sinkie lawyers are an interesting lot! Got con man, mad man (you know who), chicken king (the ex-DPP who called an underaged chicken), terrorist (the one who claimed that he had planted a bomb on the MRT), ganster (the one who whacked a motorist with his Da Ge Da brick-like hand phone many years ago) etc.

 

[Bigfuck]

I want to hire him. How this guy operates is not very different from how some other holy than thous operate.