SINGAPORE: The former China tour guide at the centre of ongoing legal tussle over an elderly widow's assets was slapped with 11 charges at the State Courts on Friday (Oct 31) in a separate case against him.
Yang Yin, 40, is accused of falsification of papers between 2009 and 2014, as a director of Young Music & Dance Studio. He had created receipts reflecting payments, including those for "painting" and "piano classes", when there were no such payments.
The payments range from S$1,000 to S$5,500.
If convicted, the maximum penalty is 10 years' jail and a fine.
District Judge Eddy Tham decided that Yang should be remanded until next Wednesday (Nov 5). The prosecution had applied for Yang to be remanded for a week for further investigations.
Lead prosecutor Ang Feng Qian said investigations revealed there are more than 300 other receipts that have to be accounted for. For this, Yang could face over 300 additional charges of falsification of papers.
Further investigations on the process by which these receipts were created would need to be carried out, and statements would also need to be recorded, she said.
Yang also faces concurrent investigations for criminal breach of trust offences and offences under the Immigration Act.
Ms Ang argued that Yang may abscond if not remanded as he has no roots in Singapore. She noted that while his wife and two children came to Singapore last year, they left recently when their passes expired.
The next mention of the case will be on Nov 5.
Yang is also embroiled in on-going lawsuit with Madam Hedy Mok, 60, the niece of 87-year-old Chung Khin Chun, over the multi-millionaire widow's assets, believed to be worth around S$40 million.
- CNA/ac/dl
