A FORMER legislative councillor and a senior barrister are among 15 personalities who are set to fly to London this week to give evidence against a barrister accused of running a multi-million dollar passport scam.
London police declined to identify the witnesses other than to say that they were all 'wealthy' and due to take the stand against British lawyer Paul Samrai.
Samrai, an immigration consultant originally from Warwick, first appeared in a British magistrates' court in November 1992 on charges of obtaining British passports by deception for which he charged just under $1 million per client.
The lawyer, who volunteered to return to London from Hong Kong and was arrested on arrival at Heathrow airport, is jointly accused with solicitor James Walker, 46, of Reading.
At the time, he claimed he was 'only exploiting loopholes in the law' and that he would embarrass the British Government during his trial.
A detective with the New Scotland Yard said: 'Samrai is due to appear in Southwark Crown Court on September 26.
'There are 15 witnesses, including someone from Legco, doctors, lawyers and businessmen, coming from Hong Kong to give evidence.