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SINGAPORE (Oct 1): Prosecution witness Ken Tai Chee Ming has exposed more names within the local stock broking community that had connections with alleged 2013 penny stock crash masterminds John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling.

SINGAPORE (Sept 30): Ken Tai Chee Ming was a commissioned dealer at AmFraser Securities (now known as KGI Securities Singapore) in 2010 when he was first introduced to Quah Su-Ling and John Soh Chee Wen – the alleged masterminds behind the penny stock c

SINGAPORE (May 20): The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is seeking judicial permission to wind down mining company Merlin Diamonds. The regulator is also probing into whether its chairman Joseph Gutnick failed in his duties.

SINGAPORE (May 16): Brokerage firm KGI Securities had filed Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) for three of 20 trading accounts allegedly manipulated by the masterminds behind the 2013 penny stocks crash, the court heard on Thursday.

SINGAPORE (May 13): Four of the six prosecution witnesses who have testified so far at the trial of John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling have been remisiers. The two who took the stand last week, however, stood up significantly better than the earlier two u

SINGAPORE (May 9): Woon Kok Yan, head of risk management of OCBC Securities, placed the blame squarely on trade representatives for failing to obtain formal third-party authorisation, when he took the stand in court on Day 13 of the penny stock manipulati

SINGAPORE (May 6): The trial of John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su Ling resumed on Monday with defence counsels accusing former Lim & Tan remiser Andy Lee Chee Wee of lying and concealing facts in court.

SINGAPORE (May 3): With local brokerage firms already under siege from slumping commissions and waning investor interest, the ongoing trial of  John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling in relation to the 2013 penny stock crash is unlikely to improve industry

SINGAPORE (Mar 29): The drama continues in Day Four of the trial of John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling as Quah’s defence counsel accused the prosecution’s first witness of “inventing evidence” and engaging in the practice of front-running.

SINGAPORE (Mar 26): Garbed in purple overalls, John Soh Chee Wen cuts a relaxed figure as he takes his seat. The garment falls fittingly on his athletic frame, not unlike a designer suit. It could well have made a fashion statement, save for the word &#34