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Southeast Asian activists urge ASEAN help to rescue scam trafficking victims from Chinese gangs

Team ABA February 17, 2023

South China Morning Post | Scams reel people in with promises of high-paying jobs overseas which are online cons, targeting victims with fake investment opportunities or romance. Campaigners in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia lodged a complaint with the AICHR, “as no nation can solve the issue alone”. However, Edmund Bon explained that the Commission does not have the powers to enforce compliance.

High Court upholds Repco Low’s conviction for share manipulation

Team ABA February 17, 2023

Free Malaysia Today | The High Court rejected former Repco Holdings Bhd director Low Thiam Hock’s appeal to quash his conviction for share market manipulation but reduced Low’s five-year jail sentence to one year and granted a stay of his jail sentence pending a final appeal to the COA. Low was represented by lawyers Shafee Abdullah, New Sin Yew, and Chan Yen Hui.

High Court upholds Repco Low’s conviction

Team ABA February 17, 2023

The Edge Markets | The High Court upheld the conviction of Low, who was charged under section 84(1) of the Securities Industry Act 1983 for carrying out acts calculated to create a misleading appearance, with respect to the price of Repco shares on KLSE in 1997. Low was represented by counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, New Sin Yew, and Chen Yen Hui.

Company director claims trial to submitting false documents worth nearly RM3 mln

Team ABA January 13, 2023

Bernama | A director of a rubber manufacturing company pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court to four counts of submitting false documents, while another director pleaded the same to three charges of collusion to commit the offence. Lawyer Amer Hamzah, representing both, pleaded for a lower bail as both clients cooperated fully with MACC throughout the investigation and were not a flight risk.

Top GIIB officials charged with furnishing fake documents to auditor

Team ABA January 13, 2023

The Edge Markets | Two top officials of a rubber compound manufacturer were respectively charged under section 18 of the MACC Act, which states that it is an offence to provide false documents, and section 28(1)(c) of the same Act, which involves abetting or engaging in a criminal conspiracy. Represented by lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, they pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court.

Court grants businessperson DNAA over FB post on Najib-Rosmah

Team ABA January 12, 2023

Malaysiakini | A businessperson charged over an allegedly offensive Facebook posting was granted a DNAA by the KL Session Court. Counsel Rajsurian Pillai and Jacqueline Hannah Albert had raised a preliminary objection against the charge, framed under section 233 of the CMA 1998, and the judge ruled that the charge was defective.

Southeast Asian activists urge ASEAN help to rescue scam trafficking victims from Chinese gangs

February 17, 2023

South China Morning Post | Scams reel people in with promises of high-paying jobs overseas which are online cons, targeting victims with fake investment opportunities or romance. Campaigners in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia lodged a complaint with the AICHR, “as no nation can solve the issue alone”. However, Edmund Bon explained that the Commission does not have the powers to enforce compliance.

High Court upholds Repco Low’s conviction for share manipulation

February 17, 2023

Free Malaysia Today | The High Court rejected former Repco Holdings Bhd director Low Thiam Hock’s appeal to quash his conviction for share market manipulation but reduced Low’s five-year jail sentence to one year and granted a stay of his jail sentence pending a final appeal to the COA. Low was represented by lawyers Shafee Abdullah, New Sin Yew, and Chan Yen Hui.

High Court upholds Repco Low’s conviction

February 17, 2023

The Edge Markets | The High Court upheld the conviction of Low, who was charged under section 84(1) of the Securities Industry Act 1983 for carrying out acts calculated to create a misleading appearance, with respect to the price of Repco shares on KLSE in 1997. Low was represented by counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, New Sin Yew, and Chen Yen Hui.

Company director claims trial to submitting false documents worth nearly RM3 mln

January 13, 2023

Bernama | A director of a rubber manufacturing company pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court to four counts of submitting false documents, while another director pleaded the same to three charges of collusion to commit the offence. Lawyer Amer Hamzah, representing both, pleaded for a lower bail as both clients cooperated fully with MACC throughout the investigation and were not a flight risk.

Top GIIB officials charged with furnishing fake documents to auditor

January 13, 2023

The Edge Markets | Two top officials of a rubber compound manufacturer were respectively charged under section 18 of the MACC Act, which states that it is an offence to provide false documents, and section 28(1)(c) of the same Act, which involves abetting or engaging in a criminal conspiracy. Represented by lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, they pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court.

Court grants businessperson DNAA over FB post on Najib-Rosmah

January 12, 2023

Malaysiakini | A businessperson charged over an allegedly offensive Facebook posting was granted a DNAA by the KL Session Court. Counsel Rajsurian Pillai and Jacqueline Hannah Albert had raised a preliminary objection against the charge, framed under section 233 of the CMA 1998, and the judge ruled that the charge was defective.