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Jho Low's ex-BSI relationship manager jailed and fined

Published Fri, Nov 11, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

YAK Yew Chee, the former relationship manager of Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho and former managing director of Swiss bank BSI, has been handed a jail term of 18 weeks and fined S$24,000 by a Singapore State Court.

It came after Yak, 57, on Friday pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery and two counts of failing to disclose suspicious transactions linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) probe. Three other charges were taken into consideration for purposes of sentencing.

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