I find this is a very curious case. This PRC government official, now a PR in singapore (obviously, the PAP gives PRs to all sorts of criminals) is accused of stealing $18.8 million from the Province of Jiangxi, and than transferring the money to his account in Singapore. Now he has been jailed in SIngapore and sentenced in a SIngapore court for this crime? WHy? As far as I can see in, he committed no crime in singapore. He appears to be just like any number of rich FTs that the PAP courts and freely gives PRs to. The crime of stealing the money happened in China. Why was his PR not revoked and him send back to China to stand trial? Why is SIngapore taxpayer money being spend on his trial here? I am sure our Justice Choo Han Teck and the AG chambers don't work for free. He was only a section director in China, not even a minister or deputy minister, and the PAP never asked how come this nobody bureaucrat got almost $19 million to his name? If this is the case, than the Indon govt. can also tell Gay Loong that there are many ex Indonesians given PRs in SIngapore who are also hiding stolen money in our local banks. Why aren't we prosecuting them? If the charge is receiving stolen funds, than I would suggest 50% of all rich FTs given PRs are guilty of this too. This guy should have been send back to Jiangxi, and the PRC should spend their own money and resource to prosecute him.
SINGAPORE: A former Chinese government official residing in Singapore had his appeal against his conviction – for dishonestly receiving stolen funds from the Chinese government – dismissed on Thursday (July 10) and will have to serve his 15-month jail term.
A restraining order was also made on Li Huabo’s assets comprising cash and real estate. The 52-year-old, a permanent resident here, is also not allowed to handle the money in the seized accounts where the stolen funds are said to be placed. The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the order was served on July 4 and had come from China.
Li was accused of embezzling about 94 million yuan (S$18.8 million) and arranging for these monies to be transferred to him in Singapore, through various intermediaries, into a local bank account.
One of Li’s statements to the Commercial Affairs Department in 2011 when he was caught showed he had been embezzling the funds from the Poyang County Finance Bureau in Jiangxi province in China, where he served as a section director, since December 2006.
Li later denied this and insisted that the monies in the bank account were from legitimate sources, but was unable to provide evidence to prove his claim. He also claimed that he had been framed by his co-workers.
He was found guilty of all three charges of receiving the stolen funds and sentenced to 15 months’ jail in April last year.
In April this year, Li filed a criminal motion seeking to admit further evidence. At the same time, the prosecution also sought to admit six statements from various parties and a clarification from the Poyang County People’s Procuratorate. Both applications were dismissed by Justice Choo Han Teck.
In his grounds of decision, Justice Choo said he did not find any injustice in convicting and sentencing Li because he satisfied the elements of the offence he was charged under – that he must have dishonestly received or retained the property, that he had knowledge or reason to believe the property was stolen and that it must be stolen property.
SINGAPORE: A former Chinese government official residing in Singapore had his appeal against his conviction – for dishonestly receiving stolen funds from the Chinese government – dismissed on Thursday (July 10) and will have to serve his 15-month jail term.
A restraining order was also made on Li Huabo’s assets comprising cash and real estate. The 52-year-old, a permanent resident here, is also not allowed to handle the money in the seized accounts where the stolen funds are said to be placed. The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the order was served on July 4 and had come from China.
Li was accused of embezzling about 94 million yuan (S$18.8 million) and arranging for these monies to be transferred to him in Singapore, through various intermediaries, into a local bank account.
One of Li’s statements to the Commercial Affairs Department in 2011 when he was caught showed he had been embezzling the funds from the Poyang County Finance Bureau in Jiangxi province in China, where he served as a section director, since December 2006.
Li later denied this and insisted that the monies in the bank account were from legitimate sources, but was unable to provide evidence to prove his claim. He also claimed that he had been framed by his co-workers.
He was found guilty of all three charges of receiving the stolen funds and sentenced to 15 months’ jail in April last year.
In April this year, Li filed a criminal motion seeking to admit further evidence. At the same time, the prosecution also sought to admit six statements from various parties and a clarification from the Poyang County People’s Procuratorate. Both applications were dismissed by Justice Choo Han Teck.
In his grounds of decision, Justice Choo said he did not find any injustice in convicting and sentencing Li because he satisfied the elements of the offence he was charged under – that he must have dishonestly received or retained the property, that he had knowledge or reason to believe the property was stolen and that it must be stolen property.
