John Soh Chee Wen

SINGAPORE (Aug 8): A High Court judge has rejected an application by alleged penny stock saga mastermind John Soh Chee Wen for additional documents and materials from state prosecutors to support his bail application.

SINGAPORE (Aug 7): ISR Capital said that the value of the Madagascar rare earth concession, of which it wants to acquire a 60% stake, will be “much lower” than the two earlier estimates that topped US$1 billion ($1.36 billion).

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): John Soh Chee Wen remains under remand, even as his lawyers on Wednesday say the prosecution has hampered their client from getting a fair shot at receiving bail by selectively putting forward information.

SINGAPORE (April 28): ISR Capital is going ahead with its planned acquisition of a rare earth concession in Madagascar today, says executive chairman Chen Tong at the company’s annual general meeting held earlier this morning.

SINGAPORE (April 22): Abdul Wahid bin Abdul Ghani, a substantial shareholder of ISR Capital, has sold yet another tranche of shares in the company.

SINGAPORE (March 27): Ooi Wooi Jing, another significant shareholder of ISR Capital has started selling shares in the troubled company, which has seen its stock price drop by more than 96% since it resumed trading on March 6 following an SGX-imposed suspe

SINGAPORE (March 24): USP Group, which has been facing a minority revolt, has finally called an extraordinary general meeting. But it is not quite for the reasons listed in the shareholders' requisition.

SINGAPORE (March 11): ISR Capital shares are up today on heavy volume, despite news that largest shareholder David Rigoll has continued to dump his shares, flouting an agreement with the company.

SINGAPORE (March 9): ISR Capital, under stress for links to penny stock saga mastermind John Soh Chee Wen, has lurched into yet another wave of troubles.

SINGAPORE (March 6): Shares of ISR Capital opened at 3 cents after resumption of trading on Monday.