John Soh Chee Wen

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Prosecution witness Ken Tai earned $8,588 worth of commissions in a day from 'churning' LionGold shares, defence counsel claims

In November 2012, Tai had bought his wife a Patek Philippe watch worth some $20,000 – 10 times more than his monthly salary of $2,000 just the year before.

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Witness Ken Tai claims to have left queues in the system not for own benefit but to prevent 'haunted counters'

“If after I finish with Henry, all the roll, I take out everything, what will the queue look like? It looks like – I mean, we call it ‘haunted counters’,” Tai protested. In Chinese, Tai added, they would call it "long men ke zhan" or Dragon Gate Inn.

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Prosecution witness Ken Tai admits to using omnibus accounts to hide illegal 'wash trades'

“You did it knowing full well this is precisely what Quah wants to avoid and something that she specifically instructed you not to do,” said Quah's lawyer, Philip Fong of Eversheds Harry Elias.

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Credibility of prosecution witness Ken Tai questioned at onset of third tranche of hearings

Tai could be the second prosecution witness in this trial to be impeached.

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Counsels clash over possible impeachment of former abettor-turned-prosecution witness Ken Tai

The defence counsels of alleged 2013 penny stock crash masterminds John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling on Thursday crossed swords with state prosecutors over the potential impeachment of witness Ken Tai Chee Ming.

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Prosecution witness Ken Tai concedes alleged mastermind John Soh did not tell him to 'lie to' or 'mislead' authorities

Defence counsel N Sreenivasan in court on Wednesday also confirmed that there will be a formal impeachment of Ken Tai as a witness.

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Prosecution witness Ken Tai denies making unauthorised trades to churn commission

“If I am churning, if I’m creating, I will admit to that,” said former abettor-turned-prosecution witness Ken Tai Chee Ming.

2013 Penny Stock Crash

John Soh threatened to 'run down' integrity of witnesses, claims former abettor Ken Tai

At one point, Soh's defence counsel N Sreenivasan told the judge in exasperation: “This is not a witness whom I trust one iota.”

2013 Penny Stock Crash

Witness Ken Tai admits to cheating alleged masterminds, making millions of dollars in market manipulation scheme

SINGAPORE (Oct 31): The prosecution in the trial of alleged 2013 penny stock crash masterminds John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling has made applications to cross examine former Phillip Securities remisier Joe Tiong Sing Fatt as a “hostile witness”.

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'Inner circle' spills the beans in penny stock trial

Associates of John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling tell tales of betrayal and jealousy during second tranche of trial
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