Knowledge (XXG)

Peter Tham

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apartment, without declaring them to the Official Assignee as was required by law. Although his wife later withdrew the private summons charge of assault, he was still being investigated for hiding personal assets and in May 2000, he was charged with hiding about S$ 1.7 million in cash, three cars
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Tham was released from jail early, in 1992. He divorced his wife, Joyce Aw, whom he had married in 1973, and married Kok Mei Yee in 1995. In 1998, he was in trouble with the law again after Kok alleged that he had beaten her. She also informed the
306:"Mr Peter Tham Wing Fai, formerly an employee of Pan Electric, now faces a total of 26 criminal charges, following the addition of a count of criminal breach of trust". Lloyd's List International. 1 May 1986. p. 14. 280:"Mr Peter Tham Wing Fai, who is being sought by the authorities in Singapore for his involvement in the financially troubled Pan-Electric Industries, has been traced to the United States". 529: 231: 514: 194:
and other items from the authorities. The trial was adjourned but when the case was next mentioned in September 2000, Tham's lawyer could not contact him and a
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KAREN WONG. (16 September 2000). "Wanted - Ex-director of Pan-Electric Peter Tham". The Straits Times.
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to make "fictitious sharetrading transactions." He was eventually sentenced to a total of 10 years in
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KAREN WONG. (4 May 2000). "Ex Pan-El director Tham accused of hiding assets". The Straits Times.
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Tham left Singapore in 1984, before Pan-El collapsed. In April 1986, he was traced to
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Tan Ooi Boon (11 April 1998). "Ex-Pan-El man hit me, says wife".
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and Chinese pottery with a total value of S$ 400,000 in their
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was responsible for the company's collapse in 1985.
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Index

Singaporean
stockbroker
Pan-Electric Industries
forward contract
Tan Koon Swan
Seattle
United States
FBI
Tokyo
Tan Kok Liang
jail
bankrupt
S$
Official Assignee
bankrupt
longcase clocks
Peck Hay Road
warrant of arrest
Indonesian
Batam
MediaCorp
Missing
List of fugitives from justice who disappeared


Financial Times
Lloyd's List


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