SINGAPORE – A law firm director
accused of misappropriating $4,000
has had his charges abated following his death a day before the start of his scheduled trial.
This means that Mr Dhanaraj James Selvaraj’s court proceedings over his charges have come to an end.
The 61-year-old Singaporean’s obituary stated that he died on Oct 22. His charges were abated the next day, which was to be the first day of his trial.
Mr Dhanaraj was a director at James Selvaraj law firm, but his details could not be found on Oct 24 in a search on lawyers on the Ministry of Law website.
According to court documents, he was acting as an attorney for one Mr Velmurugan Ramesh when he allegedly misappropriated the $4,000 between March and April 2020.
Mr Dhanaraj was also accused of entering into an agreement with a third man, David Raj Daniel Krishnan, 51, on or around June 21, 2019.
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