Menon, Amid Corporate Crackdown, Becomes Singapore AG
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Singapore’s new Attorney General Sundaresh Menon took office today as the city state steps up its pursuit of financial misconduct and prepares to further liberalize the legal industry to boost its economy.
The 48-year-old lawyer’s experience ranges from investigating the 1995 collapse of Britain’s oldest merchant bank Barings Plc, after rogue trader Nick Leeson in Singapore made losing bets on derivatives, to hearing a lawsuit involving the country’s largest charity fraud while serving as a judicial commissioner for a year.