SINGAPORE: A judge on Wednesday ( Dec 18 ) ordered Ng Teck Lee, the former CEO of Citiraya Industries, to be remanded for investigations without access to his lawyer for a third week.
The attorney who filed the software cited the strange circumstances of the case, but acknowledged that being held for 21 times without entry to counsel was normal.
Ng and his family Thor Chwee Hwa have been missing for 19 years in connection with a situation involving more than US$ 73 million in an embezzlement.  ,
They were detained in Malaysia on December 3, were detained the following morning, and were facing holding claims in Singapore.
Ng, 58, is accused of instructing Citiraya people to rebrand and import the piece rather than to love it that he had given them as CEO and chairman of the business.
According to the court, he is being looked into for 150 offenses under the Penal Code, Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Other Serious Crimes ( Confiscation of Benefits ) Act, respectively.
Thor, 55, supposedly assisted her father to maintain the benefits of criminal conduct.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau ( CPIB ), according to deputy public prosecutor Shaun Lim, had finished conducting initial inquiries into Thor’s alleged crimes.
He requested Thor be kept without bail while also being able to see her home and have her attorney, alleging that she posed a very significant flight risk.
Thor claimed that the pair were discovered with false identification documents after fleeing in the past, and that they also had previously escaped. Thor also held outside assets worth about S$ 440,000, he claimed.
Mr. Aristotle Eng, the woman’s attorney, refused to object, and the judge granted the woman’s request in relation to Thor.
Mr. Lim requested that he be remanded for a second time to assist with examinations and that he avoid having access to his attorney during this time.
He reported updating on the status of the case, noting that Ng’s authorities had finished taking his alleged crimes involving judicial benefits and had taken five more.
The attorney argued that CPIB should be able to report Ng’s claims without his attorney’s consent.
Mr. Lim added that another aggravating factors, such as Ng’s medical issues while in prison, had delayed investigations.
The attorney emphasized the strange circumstances of the case, such as the number of reported crimes and the fact that investigations were being conducted after a roughly 20-year break due to the couple’s escape.
Mr. Eng requested admittance to his clientele and filed an objection to the prosecution.
He cited the case of Vang Shui Ming, a former money-launderer, who claimed a judge had found that allowing a think to receive family counseling and counseling was a way to lessen the negative effects of additional trial.
Mr Eng said that Vang had about S$ 200 million in property while Ng’s reported crimes amounted to S$ 72 million, and argued that his lawyer’s event was less severe.
Mr Lim countered that S$ 72 million was also a large enough sum for the “utmost maintenance” to be taken in examinations, which he stressed were at the initial stage, with CPIB also recording first claims.
The court properly parole a suspect for no more than eight days at a time if it appears that a suspect is likely to be in prison for additional evidence, according to District Judge Brenda Tan.
She claimed that this level had been exceeded based on the information the prosecution had provided in relation to Ng.
Granting the lawyer’s software, Judge Tan said that right to counsel was not an immediate correct, and that at this stage, it was good to allow investigators continue uninterrupted.
She noted that any time the trial would need to substantiate its argument that Ng should continue to be denied entry to his attorney.
Ng’s subsequent court appearance was scheduled for December 24, but Thor may make a return appearance on February 7, 2025.