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SINGAPORE (Oct 15): Judge Hoo Sheau Peng on Monday dismissed a legal application by John Soh Chee Wen, the alleged mastermind behind the 2013 penny stock crash, to recuse herself from presiding over the case.

Hoo in February this year had heard — and denied — Soh’s application for bail, citing grounds of flight risk and possibility of further witness tampering.

Soh was in court today as his legal counsel, Senior Counsel N Sreenivasan from Straits Law, filed an application to recuse the judge. Sreenivasan raised the issue of apparent bias as Hoo has previously denied Soh bail, despite...(click on link for full story on theedgesingapore.com)

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