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It is here perhaps relevant to interpose something about
the applicant himself and the nature of the case which the
Hong Kong Government was putting forward against him. Mr.
Osman was born in Penang on 18th December 1931. He is a
Malaysian citizen who settled, it is suggested, in London in
1984. In 1966 he became a founding member and director of
the Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad (BBMB). That bank was
established by the Government of Malaysia to further the
business interests of the indigenous Malay population.
bank was government funded and its Chairman had been appointed
by the Prime Minister of Malaysia for the time being.
The
In March 1974 a subsidiary company named Bumiputra
Malaysian Finance Ltd. (BMFL) was incorporated in Hong Kong.
It commenced business in 1977. Its Chairman was Mr. Osman.
Two other directors were Mr. Shamsudin he was extradited
from the United Kingdom some time ago and was sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment on 23rd April 1987 and Dr. Saniman
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who is resident for the time being in France and who is also
subject to extradition proceedings in that country.
There were 44 offences in respect of which Mr. Osman's
committal was sought. They are alleged to have occurred
between the months of December 1979 and 31st October 1983.
There are now extant, as I understand the situation, 39
charges involving offences of conspiracy to defraud,
conspiracy to steal, false accounting and receipt of corrupt
payments.
The offences are said to concern advances made by
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