Judge Tan added: “Moreover, he is a fugitive who has been on the run. She added that Su’s parents reside in China and his family members are foreigners, thus clearly showing he has no deep roots in or strong connection to Singapore. He did not dispute that he was able to obtain his passports from Cambodia and Vanuatu with ease even though he had never been to those countries.” She said: “He owns passports from Cambodia, China and Vanuatu. In denying Su bail on Thursday, District Judge Brenda Tan noted he was neither a Singapore citizen nor a permanent resident here. Su appeared via video link in a white shirt and kept his head down during proceedings.Īt the hearing on Aug 30, he had said in Mandarin that he was on the verge of a mental breakdown and requested that the court grant him bail. He added that the remote gambling services were not facilitated in Singapore and no one here had used these services. On Thursday, Sameer told the court his client had said all gambling services that took place in the Philippines were approved by the authorities there. He was handed another charge on Aug 30 for allegedly buying a Mercedes-Benz car using $500,000 that was allegedly his benefit from providing an unlawful remote gambling service based in the Philippines for people in China. He was charged on Aug 16 with allegedly possessing $601,706, which represents his benefits from criminal conduct. ![]() Su, who was arrested at a good class bungalow in Bukit Timah on Aug 15, faces two money laundering charges. He is currently on the run (from the authorities in China).” He is also a wanted fugitive who is currently evading Chinese authorities. “The accused is not just a foreigner who came to Singapore in 2021. In arguing for his client to be released on bail, Su’s lawyer Sameer Amir Melber said Su came to Singapore in 2021 with his wife and children, aged five and six, as he wanted his children to be educated here.īut Deputy Public Prosecutor Edwin Soh said: “The fact that his children study in Singapore is clearly insufficient to show that he is not a flight risk. This was revealed at the bail review for Cambodian national Su Wenqiang, 31. ![]() He was a fugitive on the run from the Chinese authorities, said the prosecution on Thursday (Nov 2). SINGAPORE: One of the 10 people accused in Singapore’s largest money laundering case was not just a foreigner when he came to Singapore in 2021.
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