Carson Yeung wants security firms to explain documents on his behalf

Birmingham City soccer club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing has requested that employees of securities firms and certain police investigators take the stand in his money laundering trial.

The proposed witnesses were compliance officers from the firms and policemen who had retrieved documents from these companies, defence lawyer Graham Harris SC told the District Court yesterday.

Calling the witnesses was intended to explain High Court orders the police had sought while gathering evidence, Harris said.

Those so-called production orders require the custodian of the documents to deliver or make them available to police investigators within a specific period.

Harris noted that the prosecution had indicated "the production orders had been complied with in full", when in fact, he said, there were documents missing.

He wanted the witnesses to explain what had happened, the court heard.