SINGAPORE: Fugitive Singapore lawyer Charles Yeo was granted conditional bail by a UK courtroom on Friday (Nov 22) as he awaits an extradition hearing.
As a part of the situations, Yeo, 34, might be positioned on a curfew and should be at his lodge in central London between midnight and 8am daily.
In response to courtroom paperwork, he might be “electronically monitored” throughout his curfew.
Within the UK, this often includes sporting an digital tag and having monitoring tools put in on the place of curfew.
This tag ensures the individual is on the place of curfew throughout the set hours. It can ship an alert to a monitoring centre if they aren’t.
Yeo will even should report back to a police station between midday and 2pm each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Bail was set at £75,000 (US$94,000) and the Residence Workplace has to substantiate it has Yeo’s passport earlier than he will be launched on bail.
In response to courtroom paperwork, he should not enter or go to any “worldwide journey hub”, and should not apply for worldwide journey paperwork or be in possession of any.
That is to make sure he seems at his subsequent courtroom listening to in December, the courtroom heard.
Singapore’s Legal professional-Common’s Chambers (AGC) and Ministry of Residence Affairs (MHA) advised CNA on Nov 13 that Singapore had despatched a request to the UK looking for Yeo’s extradition.
This was for an offence of abetment of dishonest, wherein funds have been launched to his regulation agency that constituted a settlement sum for his shopper’s declare.
In response to UK courtroom paperwork, this purportedly occurred between Jul 29, 2020 and Nov 30, 2020.
Yeo was arrested by UK authorities on Nov 4.
