Court sets July 28 for pre-trial conference on ex-BSI banker

Singapore

THE Singapore state court has fixed July 28 for the criminal case disclosure conference (CCDC) in the case involving former BSI employee Yeo Jiawei, who has been charged with nine offences ranging from money laundering, cheating, forgery and obstruction of justice in an ongoing probe into 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

In court on Wednesday, Singapore chief prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee said that the CCDC was in relation to two charges filed against Yeo under Section 204A of the Penal Code for intentionally perverting the course of justice.