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2013 penny stock crash: Goh Hin Calm to plead guilty on March 20

Interested parties will be watching trial to see if Goh will turn prosecution witness

Tay Peck Gek

Tay Peck Gek

Published Fri, Mar 8, 2019 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    THE High Court has fixed March 20 to hear the plea of Goh Hin Calm, who is being accused of aiding his two co-accused in rigging the market before the prices of three penny stocks went into a tailspin in October 2013.

    The 59-year-old Singaporean is expected to admit to being an accomplice in a scheme allegedly orchestrated by Malaysians Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling to manipulate the share prices of Blumont Group, Asiasons Capital (now Attilan Group) and LionGold Corp - collectively known as BAL. Goh, who is out on bail, is accused of being the ''treasurer'' behind the scheme and ''intentionally'' aided Soh, 59, and Quah, 54, to create a false market for the BAL shares.

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