TEN days ago, the courts across the Causeway shot down a bid by John Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling to have their sentences reduced.

Buried in the avalanche of news about “corporate mafias” in the Malaysian stock market, many missed the decision by Singapore’s Court of Appeal which held that that original prison terms – 36 years for Soh and 20 years for Quah – imposed in 2022 were warranted given the scale, sophistication and market impact of their offences.