Singapore: Ex-lawyer on the run for 15 years arrested and charged over RM282,000 misappropriated from client


David Khong Siak Meng returned to Singapore on Friday and was arrested by officers from the Commercial Affairs Department. - PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (The Straits Times/ANN): A former lawyer who was on the run for 15 years has been arrested and charged with one count of criminal breach of trust.

With assistance from China's Ministry of Public Security, David Khong Siak Meng returned to Singapore on Friday (Sept 23) and was arrested by officers from the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD).

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