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Prosecution witness coached by investigating officer, claims John Soh's lawyer
Stanislaus Jude Chan

SINGAPORE (March 28): The defence counsel for John Soh Chee Wen, the alleged mastermind behind the 2013 penny stock crash, in court on Thursday accused the prosecution’s first witness of being coached by an investigating officer (IO).

Ng Kit Kiat, a trading representative with OCBC Securities, had testified in court on Wednesday that Soh and his alleged co-conspirator Quah Su-Ling had slowly taken over control of a number of trading accounts that were later used to manipulate the stocks of three companies — Blumont Group, LionGold Corp, and Asiasons Capital (now known as Attilan Group).

But Soh’s lawyer, senior counsel N Sreenivasan of Straits Law LLP, on Thursday argued during cross-examination of the witness that...(click on link for full story on theedgesingapore.com)

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