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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