Friday 29 Mar 2024
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SINGAPORE (March 26): Garbed in purple overalls, John Soh Chee Wen cuts a relaxed figure as he takes his seat. The garment falls fittingly on his athletic frame, not unlike a designer suit. It could well have made a fashion statement, save for the word "prisoner" emblazoned in white across the back.

As his legal team huddled around him before the start of the trial, the 60-year-old is a picture of calm. At one point, he casually flashes a thumbs up at his lead counsel, N Sreenivasan, a managing director and senior counsel at Straits Law LLP.

Then, as he turns back to his seat in the dock, Soh shares an easy smile with a hawk-eyed guard standing over him... (Click here to read the full story)

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