SINGAPORE: A lawyer who allegedly went missing along with S$33 million was given 13 more charges on Thursday , while details of his escape to Malaysia were also revealed in court.
Engineering firm Allied Tech had filed a police report over an unauthorised payout of S$33 million from its escrow account, which Ong allegedly authorised before going missing. Ong had not voluntarily surrendered, said the prosecutor, but instead"resources were expended and a warrant of arrest had to be executed overseas in order to bring the accused back to Singapore".
The prosecution also tendered an affidavit by an investigation officer on the case. In the document, the officer said CAD received a complaint lodged against Ong for alleged criminal breach of trust by an agent of at least S$33 million.After he was pressed into accounting for unauthorised withdrawals of clients' monies by partners in his law firm, Ong made arrangements with his friends for a driver to take him into Malaysia.
Ong was arrested by the Royal Malaysia Police in Kuala Lumpur on May 29 and taken back to Singapore the next day.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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