Former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei’s trial to start on Oct 31

SINGAPORE (Oct 28): Trial of former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei, connected to the 1MDB scandal, will begin next Monday on Oct 31.

Yeo, 33, faces a total of 11 charges ranging from tampering with witnesses to money laundering. For example, he was alleged to have tried to ask his former colleagues to give false statements when investigators have already started their probe. Yeo is also accused of siphoning money for his own personal gain via a complicated web of cross border accounts.

Yeo was first charged back in April 16. Subsequent charges were then added as investigators uncovered more evidence. He is denied bail and has been held in remand since then.

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