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Singapore opposition lawyer Lim Tean was arrested in Johor Bahru on August 6 after failing to surrender at Singapore State Courts to serve a sentence for practising law without a valid certificate. Cross-border legal cooperation highlights regional enforcement challenges.
Singapore's Law Society is moving to permanently remove Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh from the legal profession following his conviction for dishonesty before Parliament's privileges committee. The hearing is set for August 13.
A former lawyer's prison sentence has been substantially increased by the High Court from two years to six years after he was convicted of misappropriating RM392,000 in land sale proceeds in what prosecutors described as a serious breach of professional trust.