SINGAPORE: Singapore lawyer Charles Yeo, who faces an extradition listening to within the UK, stays in custody despite being granted bail.
Yeo, 34, appeared at Westminster Justice of the Peace’s Court docket on Tuesday (Dec 10), as his legal professionals tried to safe his launch on bail.
Final month, he was granted conditional bail by the court docket, with one of many key situations being the give up of his passport.
Nevertheless, there have been difficulties confirming that the UK Residence Workplace has his passport.
Yeo’s legal professionals on Tuesday have been unable to provide proof that he was now not in possession of his passport, which they declare is with the Residence Workplace.
The defence legal professionals recommended that Yeo might observe stricter bail situations as a substitute of manufacturing affirmation of the whereabouts of his passport.
This included paying a better bond, which is at the moment set at £75,000 (US$95,700), or having Yeo report extra incessantly to a police station.
These ideas have been rejected by the court docket. The decide mentioned the proof of the passport’s whereabouts have to be met.
Final week, Yeo’s legal professionals requested the Singapore Excessive Fee in London to cancel his passport.
On Tuesday, the lawyer advised the court docket that the Excessive Fee had knowledgeable them that such an software must be made in individual – one thing Yeo can’t do whereas being held in custody.
His legal professionals acknowledged that they might be making an software to the court docket for a witness summons. If granted, this may compel the Residence Workplace to reply or attend court docket to elucidate why they can not produce proof of his passport.
Yeo’s full extradition listening to has been set for Might subsequent 12 months.
