Singapore seeks 40 years in jail for stock market manipulator John Soh, responsible for RM38bil in losses

John-Soh

SINGAPORE, Nov 5 (Bloomberg): Singapore prosecutors are seeking a 40-year jail sentence for John Soh Chee Wen for his role in the financial centre’s biggest case of stock market manipulation that caused almost US$8 billion (RM38 billion) in losses in 2013, the Straits Times reported.

Prosecutors are also seeking a 19 and a half-years jail term for his ex-girlfriend, Quah Su-Ling.

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