Two other ex-BSI employees slapped with seven charges each

SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Two other former BSI bankers have been charged for their alleged involvement handling accounts belonging to Low Taek Jho, widely described as a key figure in the on-going 1MDB probe.

Yak Yew Chee, a 57-year-old Singapore national, and Yvonne Seah Yew Foong, 45, face seven charges each. Three are under the Penal Code for forgery offences, and four charges under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act, for failing to disclose information on suspicious transactions to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer.

Yeo Jiawei, their former colleague, is already facing 11 charges and has been in remand since April. Yeo has been described as a central figure to the web of illegal transactions.

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