Prosecutors in businessman Soh Chee Wen's case argued that there was no need to show the extent of Soh's involvement in his two fraud charges because his lawyer had misinterpreted the legal provision incriminating him, the Shah Alam Sessions Court was told today.

Deputy public prosecutor Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil claimed that the defence counsel's interpretation of Section 87A(a) of the Securities Industry Act 1983 under which Soh was charged was inaccurate, in reference to the word "directly" in the provision.

The section states that it is unlawful for any person with direct or indirect connection with the purchase or sale of any securities to use any device, scheme or artifice to commit fraud.

Abdul Karim was making his oral submission before Justice Suraya Othman, challenging the applications by Soh's counsel, Francis Ng Aik Guan, to amend the charges or to provide more information regarding the two charges.