21.   Genting later recalled its share certificates for verification and the shares made a premature entry into the computerised Central Depository System for scripless trading.

22.   A first portion of the share certificates had already been sold in December.

23.   Under the share swap, Vivendi had still been exposed to rises or falls in the BSkyB share price on the remaining share certificates.

24.   Oni said the firms and the brokers are suspected of illegally selling off share certificates in two quoted firms belonging to shareholders, and of pocketing the proceeds.

25.   Police have not yet recovered the missing scrips from the detained but the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has suspended all transactions involving the affected share certificates, said Johar.

26.   Reliance is also accused of issuing several thousand duplicate shares to investors close to the Ambani family when the original share certificates existed.

27.   The Bombay-based Ambani family which owns Reliance was reportedly furious after the BSE suspended trading in the company for allegedly issuing duplicate share certificates.