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by Ridzwan Abdullah

SEREMBAN: He is supposed to be one of the 130 lawyers on the police wanted list for criminal breach of trust.

His name was also one of the few that was released by the police and published in most newspapers on Sunday.

But the lawyer, who is now in New Zealand pursuing his Master's degree, is crying foul and wants to clear his name.

The 40-year-old, who has been practising for almost 16 years, has instructed his lawyer, Hanif Hassan to act.

Hanif declined to say what instructions he had received from his client.

A police report has also been lodged in Tampin by a friend.

Hanif said his client had been practising in Johor Baru for sometime and had gone to New Zealand last year with his wife, also a lawyer.

Except for a police report made against him by a client, which he insisted was not criminal in nature, there was no case against him, Hanif said.

"Furthermore, he is still holding his Practising Certificate and his Sijil Annual from the Bar Council," Hanif said.

"He was shocked when staff of his legal firm in Johor Baru informed him about the matter."

Hanif said there had not been any form of disciplinary action taken against him by the Council or anything to suggest that he had been involved in any form of malpractice.

Hanif said his client, who contacted him from New Zealand as soon as he heard the news, told him that he was very upset with what had happened.

"It has caused him a lot of anguish and embarrassment."

Hanif said his client has prepared a full statement which he (Hanif) would release at a press conference today.

On Saturday, Federal Commercial Crime Division director Datuk Ramli Yusuff announced that over 100 lawyers were on the police wanted list for investigations into CBT cases involving millions of ringgit.

The cases were reported as far back as 1995, with 32 being solved to date.

The following day, police said they had unearthed cases of yet another 30 lawyers involved in CBT and that their names and details would be made public soon.

Photographs and the last known addresses of 25 lawyers being investigated were also released.

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