‘I was told it was a matter for Lee Kuan Yew’: How investor advocate David Gerald defied the odds

Sias founder recounts eventful journey from legal sector to fighting for ordinary investors.

David Gerald, the founder, president and CEO of Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) recounts 25 years of championing investor rights, including the ‘mother of all battles’ – the 1999 Central Limit Order Book (Clob) saga

Wong Kim Hoh

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SINGAPORE – After nearly two decades on the run, former Singaporean tycoon Ng Teck Lee, 58, and his wife Thor Chwee Hwa, 55,

were arrested in Malaysia

in early December. Embroiled in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scandal, the couple had been fugitives since 2005.

Investor advocate David Gerald, who worked tirelessly to help save their company on the verge of collapse, has hailed the arrests as a long-overdue victory for justice.

‘I was told it was a matter for Lee Kuan Yew’: How investor advocate David Gerald defied the odds

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