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Judge seeks more information from Yang Yin before decision on S$3,000 weekly withdrawals

SINGAPORE – High Court judge Judith Prakash has requested for further information from former tour guide Yang Yin, before she decides if he can withdraw S$3,000 a week from his three bank accounts for personal and legal expenses.

SINGAPORE – High Court judge Judith Prakash has requested for further information from former tour guide Yang Yin, before she decides if he can withdraw S$3,000 a week from his three bank accounts for personal and legal expenses.

The withdrawals are permitted under conditions of a Mareva injunction in place since last August freezing his assets, but Yang has been unable to do so.

Yang is being sued by the niece of wealthy widow Chung Khin Chun and is accused of manipulating Mdm Chung for control of her assets, estimated at S$40 million. Yang, a 40-year-old Chinese national, met Mdm Chung while she was on holiday in China in 2008, and moved into her bungalow in Singapore the following year. He is being sued by Mdm Hedy Mok, Mdm Chung’s niece, for loss and damages arising from alleged breach of duties under a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) granting him the authority to make decisions for Mdm Chung. The LPA, made in 2012, was revoked after the Family Justice Courts ruled last November that Mdm Chung, who is 87 and has dementia, had the mental capacity to make the decision.

Lawyers for both sides told reporters after a closed-door hearing this afternoon that Justice Prakash wants more details to show that Yang is entitled to the money in the bank accounts — a UOB account and two OCBC accounts — and that he has no alternative sources of funds.

Yang will likely also have to explain the S$500,000 that was transferred from Mdm Chung to his father’s bank account in China in 2010.

Yang has to file an affidavit and the case will be heard again on April 13, said his lawyer Joseph Liow.

It was earlier reported that Yang claimed he was keeping part of the money on Mdm Chung’s behalf, only to claim later that she had gifted it to him.

But Mdm Mok, who is represented by Mr Peter Doraisamy, contends the money in Yang’s bank accounts belong to her aunt.

Yang’s wife Weng Yandan, his parents Yang Sannan and Mdm He Xianglan and former bailor Ong Gek Lie have been added as parties in the lawsuit after the High Court gave the green light last December.

Yang is separately facing 349 criminal charges for faking receipts of his music and dance company and other offences.

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