Charles Yeo, wanted in S'pore, granted S$126,000 bail by UK court following arrest for his extradition hearing

Singaporean lawyer and former Reform Party chairman Charles Yeo has been granted conditional bail by a United Kingdom (UK) court on Friday, Nov. 22, following his arrest.

The bail was set at £75,000 (S$126,570) and the Home Office has to confirm it has Yeo's passport before he can be released on bail, CNA reported, citing court documents.

Yeo, 34, is also barred from entering or visiting any international travel hub and is prohibited from possessing or applying for international travel documents.

Required to observe nightly curfew

As part of the bail conditions, Yeo is required to observe a nightly curfew and must remain at his hotel in central London between midnight and 8am every day.

Yeo must also be "electronically monitored" during his curfew.

Electronic monitoring, also known as tagging, will require the person to wear an electronic tag for monitoring purposes.

A monitoring unit or wireless base station will be installed in the place of curfew.

The curfew tag will send an alert to a monitoring centre if the person is not where he or she is meant to be during curfew hours.

Yeo also has to report to a police station between noon and 2pm every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

These restrictions were put in place to ensure Yeo appears at his next court hearing in December.

Background

On Nov. 13, the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed with Mothership of Yeo's arrest in the UK following a formal request from Singapore for his extradition.

Singapore sent a request to the UK in October 2023 seeking Yeo's extradition for an offence of abutment of cheating in respect of funds released to his law firm, which constituted a settlement sum for his client's claim.

Apart from the alleged offence of abetment of cheating, Yeo has also previously been charged with several offences, including criminal breach of trust and forgery, to which he has claimed his innocence.

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