SINGAPORE: Singapore lawyer Charles Yeo, who faces an extradition listening to within the UK, stays in custody despite being granted bail.
Yeo, 34, appeared at Westminster Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom on Tuesday (Dec 10), as his attorneys tried to safe his launch on bail.
Final month, he was granted conditional bail by the court docket, with one of many key circumstances being the give up of his passport.
Nonetheless, there have been difficulties confirming that the UK House Workplace has his passport.
Yeo’s attorneys on Tuesday have been unable to provide proof that he was not in possession of his passport, which they declare is with the House Workplace.
The defence attorneys recommended that Yeo may comply with stricter bail circumstances as a substitute of manufacturing affirmation of the whereabouts of his passport.
This included paying the next bond, which is presently set at £75,000 (US$95,700), or having Yeo report extra incessantly to a police station.
These strategies have been rejected by the court docket. The decide stated the proof of the passport’s whereabouts have to be met.
Final week, Yeo’s attorneys requested the Singapore Excessive Fee in London to cancel his passport.
On Tuesday, the lawyer advised the court docket that the Excessive Fee had knowledgeable them that such an software must be made in individual – one thing Yeo can not do whereas being held in custody.
His attorneys acknowledged that they’d be making an software to the court docket for a witness summons. If granted, this is able to compel the House Workplace to reply or attend court docket to elucidate why they can’t produce proof of his passport.
Yeo’s full extradition listening to has been set for Could subsequent 12 months.