SINGAPORE (Aug 27): Prosecutors and defence counsels in the 2013 penny stock crash trial on Tuesday clashed over an application by the former to amend the charges.
The prosecutors wanted to charge John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling for offences under Section 120B of the Penal Code rather than Section 109.
Section 120B states, "Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence shall, where no express provision is made in this Code for the punishment of such a conspiracy, be punished in the same manner as if he had abetted such offence."
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