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Ex-lawyer who was on the run for 15 years faces two more charges
The Straits Times
|November 19, 2022
A former lawyer accused of misappropriating his clients' monies, and had been on the run for 15 years, was handed two more criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges on Friday.
David Khong Siak Meng, 55, used to be a practising lawyer and the sole proprietor of David Khong & Associates. He was struck off the rolls in 2009.
According to his latest charges, he was a solicitor at the firm when he was entrusted with $28,000 belonging to an alleged victim. Khong allegedly misappropriated about $11,300 from the amount between April 26 and May 5 in 2007.
He had also been entrusted with $33,400 belonging to two other people. Khong allegedly misappropriated some $14,500 from it between May 9 and 25 in 2007.
Court documents did not say how these three alleged victims were linked to him.
This story is from the November 19, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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