Wanted lawyer worked in factory for RM300
29/05/2007 The Star

KUALA TERENGGANU: A lawyer on the police wanted listed has been arrested at a resort in Marang near here.

A tip-off led police to the 40-year-old, who has been living at the resort for the last two years with his wife and worked at a factory here for RM300 a month.

State deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm II Mohamad Fuad Talib said the lawyer was wanted to help facilitate investigations in a criminal breach of trust case.

The man is the first to be caught among the 25 lawyers being sought by police to help in 249 criminal breach of trust cases reported since 1995.

SAC Mohamad Fuad said the man would be remanded for eight days under Section 409 of the Penal Code.