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OSMAN'S LAWYERS APPROACHED THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS SOME WEEKS AGO OFFERING TO PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE CHARGE OF THEFT INVOLVING US DOLLARS 2.5 MILLION. AFTER DIFFICULT AND PROTRACTED NEGOTIATIONS OSMAN AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD INVOLVING US DOLLARS 292 MILLION. THE FACTS OF THE CHARGE WERE NOT AGREED BUT THEY WERE NOT CHALLENGED AND AFTER SOME LAST MINUTE RESERVATIONS OSMAN ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY IN THE AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY 25 JUNE.
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SENTENCE WAS PRONOUNCED ON SATURDAY 26 JUNE. THE JUDGE IMPOSED
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OSMAN WITHDREW FROM THE MALAYSIAN EVIDENCE GATHERING EXERCISE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH BUT THOSE PROCEEDINGS CONTINUE IN THE CASE OF GEORGE TAN.
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