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Housing Minister David Lee and businessman Hugh Leong Poi were re-arrested on October 7 on charges relating to the use of a vehicle tax exemption granted to Lee as an MP.

News of the development came from a police statement shortly before 4 pm which stated police received warrants for the arrest of the two after Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC, challenged a magistrate's ruling to discharge Lee and Leong Poi six months ago.

Lee, a deputy political leader of the ruling UNC, and Leong Poi, the owner of Sport Outlet Ltd, who is also a licensed gun dealers, were charged with conspiring to defraud the State of $1.4 million in tax revenue related to the importation of a Mercedes Benz G63 AMG sedan valued at over $2 million.