TRAVELLING FOR BUSINESS
Yong's lawyer Aaron Lim from Dentons Rodyk told the court on Tuesday that his client needs to attend business meetings with partners in Japan.
He also needs to seek legal advice from a Japanese law firm to recover money over a failed property purchase, said Mr Lim.
In China, his client would be seeking legal advice from a Chinese law firm over a shareholder dispute. Yong was asked to be physically present to retrieve and review documents, and to give instructions.
The prosecution did not object to the application and asked for bail conditions similar to his previous trips to be imposed on Yong.
Granting the application, District Judge James Elisha Lee set out the bail conditions, including how Yong must report to his investigating officer twice daily via video calls and share his location during his video calls.
Yong must also be tagged upon his return to Singapore on Sep 25.
Yong's present application to leave jurisdiction is the third to be granted by the district court. He was previously twice granted permission to travel overseas for business.
Before that, Yong had filed three similar applications, but these had been denied on the grounds that he posed a flight risk.
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