RUNAWAY lawyer Zulkifli Mohd Amin had moved more than $10 million out of his firm's client's account over a 10-month period in 2007, a sum larger than the $6 million previously thought.
These details emerged in a 56-page report by a disciplinary tribunal comprising retired Judge of Appeal L.P. Thean and lawyer Tan Chuan Thye.
The tribunal, appointed in August last year by the Chief Justice to formally investigate the case, found Zulkifli guilty of a total of 211 charges of misconduct.
Zulkifli was one of three partners of the now-defunct firm of Sadique Marican and ZM Amin.
He is not around to face the music, but his partners, Mr Mohd Sadique
Ibrahim Marican and Mr Anand Kumar Toofani Beldar, will have to face a Court of Three Judges for breaching accounting rules and failing to safeguard clients' money.
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i read about the 2.7 million spent on DeFred diamonds...............frankly, any one with half a brain will find the whole thing very fishy...................i smell a rat............a big one............
so our police is sleeping again...............as usual............
what it goto do with the police?
they should investigate DeFred............like i said, anyone could tell something is wrong here..............why the hell would the lawyer buy diamonds..............it has poor resale value.............if he had bought super high-end watches, it makes more sense.............
obviously, he's not dumb...............so why the heck he wanna go for diamonds unless................well, you know the rest............
see lah.. lawyers again...
how come money dun put in bank gib to lawyer?
Don Vito Corleone : '' a lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than 100 men with guns. ''
not something unexpected, but just something for the laymen to guard against.
it's the inherent nature of the profession. You think lawyers become lawyers to "get justice for innocents", to "see justice done", and not the fat paychecks and $500 an hour fees they charge ? ....
so it's only natural that the profession attracts people of a certain type .....
Lawyer earn so much money already still not satisfed want to kapo $10 million.
and he sabo his 2 partners too. The 2 partners are in the light while he is in the dark. Very hard for them to safeguard the clients money 1 lah. The 2 of them like become scapegoat like that.
But since they are lawyers they should be able to defend themself in court