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Singapore: MAS withdraws second merchant bank status in AML push
In line with its increased commitment to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has …
Property tycoon and former Chief Secretary to appeal to Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong's high profile corruption case
Former Chief Secretary, Rafael Hui, former Sun Hung Kai chairman, Thomas Kwok, and two others have today been given permission to appeal to Hong Kong's …
Property tycoon and former Chief Secretary lose appeal in Hong Kong’s highest-profile corruption case
Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and ex-deputy leader Rafael Hui saw their appeals against conviction and sentence dismissed before the Hong Kong …
Herbert Smith Freehills' new global report reviews corruption trends and perceptions in close to 100 countries
Please click here to preview this publication. We have launched the first global edition of our Anti-corruption Report, reviewing a year in which …
New guide to anti-corruption regulation in Asia Pacific launched
Over the past two years we have witnessed an exponential increase in global efforts to combat corruption. Nowhere is this more visible than Asia, where a …
Hong Kong’s top court clarifies mental element in money laundering offence
In the recent case of HKSAR v Pang Hung Fai (FACC 8/2013), the Court of Final Appeal (the CFA) offered, for the first time, authoritative guidance on the …
Property tycoon and former Chief Secretary jailed in Hong Kong's highest-level corruption trial
Thomas Kwok, chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Rafael Hui Si-yan, former Government number two, and two businessmen have been found guilty and …
UK Court of Appeal allows private LIBOR claims to proceed
An issue which has in recent years been on the agenda of financial regulators globally is the potential manipulation or fixing of the London InterBank …
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal rules on privilege against self-incrimination in anti- corruption investigations
In the decision in A v The Commissioner of the Independant Commission Against Corruption [2012] HKCFA 79 handed down on 13 November 2012 the …
Court of Appeal rules partial waiver of privilege recognised in Hong Kong
In Citic Pacific Limited v Secretary for Justice (unrep, CACV 60/2011), the Court of Appeal considered the legal principles relating to the nature …