Two men were charged yesterday under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act for assisting the fugitive lawyer David Rasif to conceal a large number of gold bars. Bernard Ong Ee Beng, 46, unemployed, is accused of concealing 28 gold bars in a flat in Kim Keat Avenue and another 19 in a Tampines flat. He allegedly did this in June last year, though he had reason to be suspicious about the gold bars, to help the 43-year-old runaway lawyer avoid prosecution. He is also alleged to have conspired with the other man, Lye Thiam Hock, to dishonestly dispose of five gold bars. Lye, 52, a consultant, is said to have hidden 19 gold bars at the Tampines flat to help Ong avoid prosecution on June 5 last year.
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