Ong Seow Yong

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Charge:	False Statement to law enforcement agent or on govt. document
Sentence:	"$170,000 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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Sex:	Male
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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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Information Location 3:	http://guanyu9news.blogspot.com/2012/02/judge-raises-fairness-question-in.html
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Ong Seow Yong

Charge:

False Statement to law enforcement agent or on govt. document

Sentence:

"$170,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

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:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"The three defendants were acquitted on appeal by Singapore's High Court on July 27, 2012."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Madhavan, Peter v PP [2012] SGHC 153"

Information Location 1:

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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