SINGAPORE – A former lawyer accused of offences including assisting a company with an alleged illegal moneylending business can now walk free after she was given a stern warning and had all 14 of her charges withdrawn.
The court had granted Ms Leong Pek Gan, 70, a discharge amounting to an acquittal following a pre-trial conference on Oct 22. This means, she cannot be charged again over the same offences. Responding to queries from The Straits Times on Oct 24, the Attorney-General’s Chambers said Ms Leong wasWithout revealing details, an AGC spokesperson added: “After careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the matter, the prosecution directed for a stern warning in lieu of prosecution to be administered to Leong, and thereafter applied for a discharge amounting to an acquittal of all of charges.
As its director then, Ho allegedly consented to the company extending loans of about $2 million to eight borrowers, securing each loan on the property of the borrower, added the police.According to court documents that were tendered in 2019, the eight properties on which the loans were secured included Housing Board flats in Bukit Batok, Jurong West and Tampines, as well as a landed property in Sembawang.
A search with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority on Oct 25, 2024, revealed that Ho is no longer a director at Invest-Ho Properties.