Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
False Statement to law enforcement agent or on govt. document |
Sentence: |
"4 months in prison and $120,000 fine" |
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Year Crime: |
2005 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Singapore |
County or Region of Crime: |
Singapore |
City of Crime: |
Singapore |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Peter Madhavan, Johnson Chong, and Ong Seow Yong were co-defendants wrongly convicted in 2010 of violating Singapore's Securities and Futures Act for allegedly failing to disclose information and making misleading disclosures.related to Airocean Group Ltd. On July 27, 2012 Singapore's High Court quashed all three men's convictions, ruling that, Airocean acted properly and prudently in seeking legal advice on whether or not to disclose what it knew. With their acquittals, all money paid in fines was ordered returned to the three defendants." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"The three defendants were acquitted on appeal by Singapore's High Court on July 27, 2012." |
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Information Source 1: |
"Madhavan, Peter v PP [2012] SGHC 153" |
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Information Source 2: |
"Judge raises fairness question in sentencing of Airocean directors, By Guanyu, www.guanyu9news.blogspot.com, February 25, 2012" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.drewnapier.com/DrewASPX/media/assets/Legal%20Updates/15-Aug-Independent-Director-Acquitted-of-Convictions-under-the-Securities-and-Futures-Act.pdf |
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http://guanyu9news.blogspot.com/2012/02/judge-raises-fairness-question-in.html |
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