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Oct 22, 2009
Rogue lawyer charged Thurs <!--10 min-->
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Tan has been on the run since Feb 2003 and was extradited from Germany where he was nabbed earlier this year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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ROGUE lawyer Tan Cheng Yew was charged in the subordinate courts on Thursday with six charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust involving sums totalling more than $5.75 million. Tan, 41, is alleged to have committed the offences between March 2001 and Jan 2003 before he fled the country. He has been on the run since Feb 2003 and was extradited from Germany where he was nabbed earlier this year. The charges include pledging $1.5 million belonging to one Tan Kwee Khoon as security for a bank loan between July and Sep 2001. Tan, who was then a practising lawyer, was also charged with putting into his own account some $1.94 million of monies belonging to Mr Tan Kwee Koon. He had been entrusted with the monies as an agent for investments to be made in Australia. Deputy Public Prosecutor Mark Jayaratnam successfully applied for Tan to be remanded for further investigations at the Central Police Divsion. District Judge John Ng who made the remand order called for Tan's case to be brought up next week. Senior Counsel Michael Khoo who is defending Tan said he is coping well.
Oct 22, 2009
Rogue lawyer charged Thurs <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By K C Vijayan, Law Correspondent </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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Tan has been on the run since Feb 2003 and was extradited from Germany where he was nabbed earlier this year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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ROGUE lawyer Tan Cheng Yew was charged in the subordinate courts on Thursday with six charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust involving sums totalling more than $5.75 million. Tan, 41, is alleged to have committed the offences between March 2001 and Jan 2003 before he fled the country. He has been on the run since Feb 2003 and was extradited from Germany where he was nabbed earlier this year. The charges include pledging $1.5 million belonging to one Tan Kwee Khoon as security for a bank loan between July and Sep 2001. Tan, who was then a practising lawyer, was also charged with putting into his own account some $1.94 million of monies belonging to Mr Tan Kwee Koon. He had been entrusted with the monies as an agent for investments to be made in Australia. Deputy Public Prosecutor Mark Jayaratnam successfully applied for Tan to be remanded for further investigations at the Central Police Divsion. District Judge John Ng who made the remand order called for Tan's case to be brought up next week. Senior Counsel Michael Khoo who is defending Tan said he is coping well.
