Celebrities behaving badly

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Super Rich In Korea’s David Yong allegedly sought Grenada passport; remains a ‘serious flight risk’​

David Yong faces four charges for the falsification of accounts in relation to a promissory note arrangement involving Evergreen Group Holdings.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Andrew Wong
Mar 20, 2025

SINGAPORE – Businessman David Yong has been denied his application to travel overseas to Seoul and Kuala Lumpur for the third time, after a judge found him to be a “serious flight risk”.

On March 20, District Judge Brenda Tan said she had previously rejected his application on Feb 19, as the issue of his Cambodian passport remained unresolved. His first application was rejected in Aug 30, 2024.

It was earlier revealed in court that Yong, 37, who is facing charges of falsifying accounts, possessed a Cambodian passport under the name “Duong Dara” that he claimed to have surrendered to the Cambodian authorities in June 2024.

Judge Tan said she is again rejecting his application to leave jurisdiction, as there was still no official confirmation on the whereabouts of his Cambodian passport.

Yong’s bail quantum, which had been set at $1 million, will also remain, as there have been no material changes that warrant a reduction, the judge added.

Yong, the chief executive of Evergreen Group Holdings, had applied to visit Seoul and Malaysia from March 21 to April 2 for business. His lawyers also applied to reduce his bail amount.

Yong, whose full name is Yong Khung Lin, was featured in the Netflix series Super Rich In Korea as one of the cast members of the “super rich”.

He was arrested on Aug 1, 2024 and charged on Aug 3, 2024 with the falsification of accounts in relation to a promissory note arrangement involving Evergreen Group Holdings. He currently faces four charges for the falsification of accounts.

On March 20, the prosecution said WhatsApp messages between Yong and an associate named “Duong” revealed that the former had been interested in obtaining a Grenada passport.

Yong had allegedly asked Duong if he could apply for other passports with his Cambodian passport sometime in March 2024. He then asked what he needed to do to obtain such a passport after his associate said Grenada, an island nation in the Caribbean, was an option.

When Yong heard that he could receive a passport through investing US$220,000 ($294,000) in real estate, he reportedly replied “so cheap” and said it was good for him to have another passport for visa-free travel.

He was later found to have explored the purchase of a US$220,000 share in the InterContinental Grenada Resort.

‘Uncanny coincidence’​

Deputy Public Prosecutor Theong Li Han said the WhatsApp messages indicate that Yong was still a high flight risk, as he showed he was willing and able to purchase an additional passport.

“It is an uncanny coincidence that he would have spent US$220,000, if he was in fact not interested in getting a passport. We struggle to see how his interest was only limited to property investments,” said the prosecutor.

Judge Tan said she had found it concerning that Yong had revived the conversation as recently as January 2025, a day after his phone was seized by investigators, even as his Cambodian passport issue remains unresolved.

She added that this was “highly suggestive” of Yong’s intentions to seek citizenship elsewhere.

Yong maintains that he was interested in the Grenada property only as an investment.

His lawyer, Ms Melanie Ho from WongPartnership, said earlier applications to allow Yong to travel overseas were denied, as he was found to have a Cambodian passport.

She pointed out that the firm had since contacted Cambodia’s Administrative Office of Nationality Department to obtain evidence that Yong’s passport had been returned to the Cambodian authorities.

“Our position is that this is conclusive evidence. I am submitting today that you can disregard that; it is no longer a live issue,” Ms Ho said of the questions surrounding Yong’s Cambodian passport.

She added that the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) said it had written to the Cambodian authorities through Interpol on 10 occasions without getting any responses.

“It looks like they are very active but it is meaningless. If you wrote 10 times to someone and they don’t respond, with all due respect, you should be trying something else,” Ms Ho said.

In response, DPP Theong said that while the defence has suggested CAD could be doing more, the agency’s investigative powers have to be exercised through proper means.

“(CAD) cannot unilaterally encroach into Cambodia authorities’ jurisdiction on their own accord... There still has not been any official confirmation from Cambodian authorities,” the prosecutor said.

Ms Ho had said in her submissions that the prosecution had moved the proverbial goalposts in assessing Yong’s flight risk, after her firm submitted evidence to show Yong’s Cambodia passport was in the hands of the authorities there.

She said the prosecution had raised concerns about Yong’s alleged interest in obtaining a Grenada passport at the 11th hour on March 5, which was simply to act as a roadblock to prevent him from travelling.

In response, DPP Theong said investigations are an ongoing process and the messages between Yong and Duong were not known to both investigators and the prosecution at the Feb 19 hearing.

“The defence has not been able to point to anything concrete to support their wholly inappropriate insinuation that the prosecution had been aware of the messages and hid them to place a roadblock at a later junction to prevent him from travelling,” she said.

She also added that Yong has been denied leave to travel as a result of his own doing.

“His flight risk clearly cannot be said to be low. We have not moved the goalpost. The playing field has changed entirely from his own conduct,” she said.

For each count of falsification of accounts, an offender can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.

 

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Singapore actress Eleanor Lee accused online of insulting China, allegedly dropped from Chinese show​

Eleanor Lee plays Tang Fang in the upcoming Chinese drama The Journey Of Legend.PHOTO: ELEANOR LEE/WEIBO
Lim Ruey Yan
May 10, 2025

SINGAPORE – Home-grown actress Eleanor Lee has found herself in the middle of an online storm, with rumours accusing her of making derogatory comments about people in China.

It is also claimed that the 25-year-old China-based star and daughter of local TV host Quan Yifeng has been removed from the cast list of an upcoming Chinese period drama, The Journey Of Legend, as a result.

Lee’s alleged remarks have also led to the delay of the airing of the show in early May, according to online speculation.

Based on a novel by Malaysia-born author Woon Swee Oan, The Journey Of Legend also stars Chinese actor Cheng Yi and Chinese actress Gulnazar Bextiyar. Lee plays one of the main characters, Tang Fang.

The show wrapped up filming in October 2024.

The furore started when an anonymous netizen claiming to be Lee’s former assistant recently released a poor-quality 31-second audio recording on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

In the recording, which features a lot of background noise, a woman is heard saying she is “doing this not for fame, but for money” and that “most people in China are idiots”.

It is not confirmed if it is Lee’s voice in the clip.

A spokesperson for the Chinese agency which manages Lee told The Straits Times on May 9: “We are looking into the matter and will provide an update over the next two days.”

Lee’s name is still listed on one of the pinned posts dated Oct 25, 2024, on The Journey Of Legend’s Weibo account. Her name is missing on another pinned post dated April 9, but her scenes can still be seen in the accompanying video.

According to Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao, The Journey Of Legend has not announced its official premiere date, and that the early May release was only a rumour.

 

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Celeb hairstylist Addy Lee says he regrets knowing TV host Quan Yifeng and her daughter Eleanor Lee​

Celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee (left) claims he bought expensive gifts from luxury brands for local TV host Quan Yifeng and her daughter Eleanor Lee (both right) over the years. PHOTOS: ADDY LEE/FACEBOOK, QUANYIFONG/INSTAGRAM

Jan Lee
May 15, 2025

SINGAPORE – Malaysia-born celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee has confirmed he fell out with local TV host Quan Yifeng, formerly a long-time close friend of his, over disagreements related to live-stream sales they did together.

Singapore-based Lee, 54, disclosed these details in a Facebook live stream on May 13, after teasing earlier on social media that he will be speaking about Quan, 51, and her actress-daughter Eleanor Lee, 25.

Addy Lee is Eleanor’s godfather. Her biological father is Quan’s ex-husband, local actor Peter Yu, from whom she is estranged.

In his rambling six-hour tirade, Lee said he was “close like family” with Quan for many years, but their relationship soured when Lee invited Quan to conduct live-stream sales with him of hair products during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

Over a month, the pair reportedly earned more than $300,000.

But a rift soon arose, Lee alleged, when Quan complained that they were selling the same products with little variation and began throwing temper tantrums by ignoring audience questions on joint live streams. Lee also said his assistant told him Quan and Eleanor said behind Lee’s back that they felt like he was leveraging their popularity to boost his live-stream sales.

Lee said that at the time, Quan and Eleanor were temporarily staying with him, along with their then-partners. He then went to his room to cry about Quan speaking behind his back and humiliating him.

She then sent a text and told him she and Eleanor would be moving out since he seemed uninterested in seeing or speaking to them. He responded that he felt hurt by her actions.

According to Lee, that was their last contact.

He added that he felt betrayed as a week after this argument, he noticed that Eleanor posted about getting her hair done by fellow Singapore-based celebrity hairstylist David Gan. He felt upset that Eleanor said Gan saved her “damaged hair”, which Lee felt implied that his salon director at Monsoon Hair Salon did a bad job.

He also said he bought expensive gifts from luxury brands for Quan and Eleanor over the years, paid for Eleanor’s vacation to Europe, used his network to further her career in China and even contributed to her international school fees, but that Eleanor never repaid him.

“To be honest, I regret getting to know them... They are ingrates. It’s been four years and I haven’t heard a peep from them.”

Lee’s live stream comes after Eleanor, a Singaporean who has been working in China for several years, landed in hot water recently.

A netizen claiming to be her former assistant released a poor-quality audio recording purportedly of Eleanor making derogatory claims about the people of China. While Eleanor has come out to clarify that the recording is fake and added that she loves China, the incident has been a major blow to her burgeoning career there, with state media singling her out for criticism.

In the wake of the incident, Lee implied that what happened to Eleanor was “karmic retribution”. He also posted alleged screenshots of messages from Eleanor’s representatives pleading with him to not “add fuel to the fire” in the midst of the negative publicity surrounding her now.

Lee, who said he is on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication, had previously levelled accusations at other former friends.

He is a co-founder of live-streaming e-commerce company Mdada alongside Singaporean actress-host Michelle Chia and Singapore-based Thai host Pornsak Prajakwit.

Pornsak, 43, departed the company in 2023, and Lee said he officially left the company in February 2025 in a May 15 Facebook post. At the time, he said it was due to health issues, but soon began feuding with Pornsak and Chia.

Lee previously accused Pornsak of bullying and defaming a staff member of the company who was Lee’s assistant. He has also since accused Chia, 49, of withholding his salary from him and not responding to his texts.

 

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‘His criticisms have no effect on me’: Quan Yifeng addresses fallout with former friend Addy Lee​

Quan Yifeng and Addy Lee in 2014. Lee brought up his long-standing beef with Quan after her daughter's recent controversy.PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO FILE
Lim Ruey Yan
May 16, 2025

SINGAPORE – Local TV host Quan Yifeng has broken her silence on her fallout with local celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee, detailing in a recent interview what went down between them.

Lee, 54, hosted a Facebook live stream for two consecutive nights on May 13 and 14, bringing up his beef with Quan, 51, after her daughter Eleanor Lee hogged headlines last week for allegedly making derogatory comments about the people of China.

The 25-year-old China-based Singaporean actress has denied making such remarks, but the incident dealt a major blow to her burgeoning career in the country. Addy Lee then implied that what happened to Eleanor was “karmic retribution”.

In his rambling six-hour tirade on May 13, the Malaysia-born personality said he and Quan were “close like family” for over two decades.

However, their relationship soured after she stopped conducting live-stream sales together with him and moved out of his home, where she and her daughter had stayed temporarily for a few months during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

Lee explained that during the pandemic, he had to foot his ill parents’ medical expenses. His 10 hair salons also needed a cash turnover. He added that he had to make money through live streaming as he could have gone bankrupt any time.

He then called Quan “heartless” for leaving him when he was facing a crisis.

Responding to his claims, Quan told local Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao in an exclusive interview on May 15: “He owned a $3 million property, drove a luxury car and had several assistants then. He never told me he was in financial trouble.”

She said they began doing live streaming together after Lee told her that he saw a business opportunity in the area.

Quan said that on top of working more than 10 hours hosting shows at her day job, she continued with live streaming at night at Lee’s home. She added that the longest live stream session was 14 straight hours.

“I was so tired during those three months,” she said, adding that it was not the main reason she quit live streaming with Lee.

Quan, a Mediacorp artiste, said her management had noticed she was earning additional income through that avenue, and it was inappropriate to do so while she was still an employee with the broadcaster.

She also disputed Lee’s claim that he helped her earn $300,000 in one month doing live-stream sales, saying that it was actually $400,000 in three months.

“That was like money falling from the sky and it was the first time I saw such a large sum of income,” she told Zaobao. “He said it was more than what I made in a year at Mediacorp, and asked me not to be a host but to sell goods together with him.”

Lee began to sell a range of products that he developed, and she felt guilty promoting them as she did not understand them fully.

She also felt she was exploiting her over 260,000 Facebook followers, who had bought large quantities to support her.

Quan and Eleanor eventually moved out of Lee’s home, and she said she penned him a long farewell letter.

“I am following the principle of friends parting on good terms,” she told Zaobao. “We should cherish each other if we are fated to be together, but we can slowly fade out of each other’s lives if we are not fated to be together.”

Quan remains perplexed over Lee’s accusation that she and Eleanor had been “ungrateful”.

“After all, we used to be friends. I don’t know where his bottom line is,” she said. “His criticisms have no effect on me.”

 

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Mediacorp DJ allegedly had sexual communication with minor and committed voyeurism​

Mediacorp DJ Gunalan Morgan allegedly engaged in sexual communication with an underage girl on four separate occasions between Aug 25 and Aug 31 in 2024.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Mar 21, 2025

SINGAPORE – Popular Tamil-language actor and Mediacorp DJ Gunalan Morgan allegedly committed voyeurism involving two women and engaged in sexual communication with an underage girl on separate occasions in 2024.

The 43-year-old Singaporean, who was a producer-presenter at Oli968 radio station at the time of his alleged offences, appeared in a district court on March 21 and was handed seven charges in all.

Responding to queries from The Straits Times, Mediacorp said: “(Gunalan) was immediately suspended from work upon our knowledge of his arrest, and a termination notice has been served on him. We seek your understanding that we are unable to comment further.”

Gunalan is now accused of offences, including three counts of voyeurism and one count of having sexual communication with a minor who was then below 16 years old.

He is also accused of performing an act that could obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of justice.

Details about the two women and the girl, whose age was not disclosed in court documents, cannot be disclosed because of a gag order.

There is also a gag order on the locations of his alleged offences.

According to court documents, Gunalan allegedly had sexual communication with an underage girl on four separate occasions between Aug 25 and Aug 31 in 2024.

He is accused of deleting his Instagram conversations with her the following month, after he found out a police report had been lodged against him.

Separately, Gunalan is said to have used his mobile phone to record a woman’s intimate parts on four separate occasions without her consent on Aug 28, 2024.

He allegedly committed a similar offence involving another woman on Oct 8 that year.

On March 21, the court heard that the prosecution will be proceeding on three of his charges if he intends to plead guilty. His remaining four charges will then be taken into consideration.

When asked what he intends to do next, he replied that he needs some time to seek legal advice.

His case will be mentioned again in court on April 21.

For each count of voyeurism, an offender can be jailed for up to two years, fined, caned or receive any combination of such punishments.

For having sexual communication with a minor, an offender can be jailed for up to two years and fined.

 

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Ex-TV personality charged with harassment, multiple sex offences against minor​

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Jan 24, 2025

SINGAPORE - A former television personality was hauled to a district court on Jan 24 over various alleged offences including harassment and performing sexual acts on a minor.

The man was charged with six counts of sexually penetrating an underage girl, and one count each of harassment and obstructing the course of justice.

His details cannot be revealed due to a gag order to protect the identity of at least one of the alleged victims who was in a relationship with him at the time.

The man’s age, nationality, ethnicity, the shows he had appeared on and the locations of his alleged offences also cannot be disclosed, as doing so could lead to his identity.

According to court documents, he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with at least one 15-year-old girl on six occasions in June 2024.

He purportedly committed the offences at his home, a luxury hotel and a hospital.

He also allegedly obstructed the course of justice in August 2024 by telling an alleged victim to cry in front of her mother, and tell the woman she did not want him to go to jail and not to press charges against him.

The man is also said to have stalked someone by calling her 18 times on Sept 22, 2024.

It is not known if the alleged victim in each of the man’s charges is the same person, as these details were redacted from court documents.

His case will be mentioned again on Feb 20.

For each count of sexually penetrating a minor, an offender can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.

And for obstructing the course of justice, an offender can be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

If convicted of harassment, the man can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to $5,000.

 

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Former actor Ian Fang jailed 40 months for sexual offences against 15-year-old girl​

Ian Fang, 35, pleaded guilty on May 19 to three counts of sexually penetrating an underage girl. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Andrew Wong
May 19, 2025

SINGAPORE - Fang Weijie, better known as former actor Ian Fang, has been sentenced to 40 months’ jail for sexual offences committed against a minor.

Fang, 35, pleaded guilty on May 19 to three counts of sexually penetrating an underage girl.

Five other charges including sexual penetration of an underage girl, harassment and obstructing the course of justice, were taken into account during sentencing.

He will begin his sentence on June 16.

Fang was identified in court after District Judge Eddy Tham lifted the gag order on his identity following an application by the prosecution.

The judge said that while the main focus of the gag order was to protect the victim from further harm, he would take the wishes of the victim and her family to reveal his identity.

The victim cannot be named due to a court-imposed gag order. She was 15 at the time of the offences.

In sentencing Fang, the judge said: “As a 34-year-old adult man, he knew what he was doing. He knew what was likely to take place each time he visited the victim.

“It was not a one-off event. He had taken advantage of an emotional vulnerability.

“His attempt to gaslight the victim for the sole purpose of saving his own neck, without any concern for her welfare, also led to more harm to the victim.”

Fang first met the teen at an entertainment event in May 2024, and exchanged contact details with her, Deputy Public Prosecutor Lynda Lee told the court.

The pair conversed daily and grew closer.

Between June and July 2024, Fang had sex with the teen on nine occasions.

The prosecution said he had unprotected sex with the teen on five of the occasions. He used a condom only when she insisted.

DPP Lee said Fang met the teen alone under the cover of night on each occasion, which she said showed he had planned to have sex with the teen.

This continued even when the teen was hospitalised and placed in a private room for a flu infection.

Fang waited until after midnight to visit her, after ensuring she was alone. He had sex with her in the hospital room that night.

The girl later saw a doctor after experiencing pain in her genitals. She was diagnosed with the human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted infection.

The girl’s mother made a police report some time in August after speaking to the teen and learning that the pair had been having sexual relations.

DPP Lee said the girl developed depression and had suicidal thoughts after Fang kept contacting her to ask her to persuade her mother to withdraw the charges.

She was eventually admitted to the Institute of Mental Health and diagnosed with adjustment disorder.

“She lost her confidence and was no longer happy. She will continue to live with the burden of Mr Fang’s actions, even with the conclusion of this case,” said DPP Lee.

 

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Super Rich In Korea’s David Yong given additional charge linked to over 1,000 promissory notes​

Businessman David Yong is the chief executive of a group of companies collectively known as Evergreen Group Holdings.

Jun 03, 2025

SINGAPORE – Businessman David Yong, who was featured in Netflix series Super Rich In Korea, was handed his fifth charge on June 3, involving more than 1,000 promissory notes made by a company linked to him.

The 38-year-old Singaporean, whose full name is Yong Khung Lin, is chief executive of a group of companies collectively known as Evergreen Group Holdings.

He was charged in 2024 with four counts of falsification of accounts.


In his latest charge, Yong is accused of consenting to the offering of promissory notes by Evergreen GRP Holdings (EGR) between July 2023 and July 2024 that did not comply with requirements under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA).

According to the Singapore Legal Advice website, a promissory note is a written and signed unconditional promise made by a borrower to pay a certain sum of money to a specified party. This party may be a person or company.

Such notes are considered contracts and are legally enforceable.

In a statement on June 3, the police said more than $61 million was raised from the issuance of over 1,000 promissory notes that promised an annual interest of 10 per cent.

A police spokesperson added: “Under the SFA, any offer of securities must be made in or accompanied by a prospectus that is lodged with and registered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, unless an exemption applies.

“The prospectus must contain all the information that investors and their advisers would reasonably require to make an informed investment decision. As such, members of the public are advised to exercise caution when dealing with such offers without a prospectus.”


Yong was arrested on Aug 1, 2024, just three months after he appeared in Super Rich In Korea.

He faced his first charge two days later over allegations he abetted a woman identified as Jolene Low Mong Han to falsify papers belonging to Evergreen GH – an entity under Evergreen Group Holdings.

According to court documents, Yong allegedly instigated Ms Low on or around Dec 16, 2021, to falsify a tax invoice dated Sept 1, 2021, from Evergreen Assets Management for purported bulk sales of household fittings and appliances to a person named Roy Teo.

Yong was later handed his second and third charges in relation to a promissory note arrangement involving Evergreen Group Holdings.

They relate to events on or around Dec 16, 2021. Yong is said to have instigated Ms Low to falsify two tax invoices from Evergreen Assets Management for purported sales of furniture to two separate entities.

He appeared again in court on Aug 15, 2024,over allegations that he falsified papers belonging to Evergreen GH, formerly known as Evergreen Assets Management.

Yong’s pre-trial conference will take place on June 5.

 

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Viewpoint: Singaporean David Yong on Netflix show is ‘super rich’ – and super clueless​

David Yong is the Singaporean participant in the Netflix reality show Super Rich In Korea.

May 10, 2024

SINGAPORE – In clothes that look like he mugged an elderly socialite and with a habit of naming the price of things he owns, David Yong at first feels a little unreal.

Just when you think you have grasped the audacity of the man, you discover that he must keep his black American Express card on a kind of spring-loaded holster worthy of Batman, allowing him to whip it out in a flash at waiters, realtors or anyone at all to make a conversational point.

For Yong, the card is not so much a payment device as it is a signal, with the signal being “I am richer than you”.

Of all the wealthy people they could have picked to represent Singapore, they picked this one?

We have all met insecure people, but Yong must be the president of that society. It must be exhausting being him. At every social interaction, he must worry about being mistaken for a peasant instead of a member of “the top 1 per cent of Singapore”, to use his phrase.

But then, this is a reality show we are talking about. The six-episode Netflix series Super Rich In Korea, which premiered on May 7, showcases a group of mostly non-Koreans who have settled in that country and who, if what they say is to be believed, love it to bits.

Among them is Yong from Singapore. He is in Seoul to bring talent from South-east Asia to the K-pop capital of the world. He has family money: In published reports, he is often referred to as a “timber scion”, which, like “tin baron” and “copper magnate”, is another way of saying that his family has been wealthy since before the discovery of fire.

If there is one thing we have learnt about reality shows, it is that they lie – producers create good guys and bad. The show creators prefer participants who can provoke, instigate and, as this column is showing, spark conversation.

No one knows the questions producers asked Yong to provoke him to say, “I am one of the top 1 per cent”. And was he asked to wear the Chanel brooch the size of a small asteroid to a blind date or did he choose wear it freely?

It is clear, however, that he likes to bling himself silly, as the scene of him shopping shows – the louder the outfit, the wider his eyes get. “Quiet luxury” is a trend that to him must be like holy water to a vampire.

Yong is doubtless an awkward man, but his awkwardness is that thing that makes him endearing.

In the blind date scene, he is clearly struggling. His businessman friend Teo, the embodiment of Italian smoothness, is in his element. The two women at the table are melting under his Tuscan sun as Yong looks on helplessly, like a tourist watching locals having a lovely chat in a language he does not understand.

As a Singaporean man, I can identify with his predicament. The dating tableau is a perfect representation of the oft-repeated female complaint that, compared with foreigners, Singaporean men are unromantic, passive and generally hopeless socially.

David Yong is the Singaporean participant in the Netflix reality show Super Rich In Korea.

PHOTO: NETFLIX

At that moment, with the tragic Yong looking at Teo dancing circles around him in manners and deportment, I am Yong, and Yong is me.

A shudder ran through me: In what other ways am I like him? Do I want to be the centre of attention always? Has my ability to put others at ease atrophied because, as a man, I have never felt the pressure to do better?


Do I think that as long as I pay for the event, people should be nice to me so I never have to learn to be nice to them? Am I the BMW and Audi driver the Kia drivers talk about?

From being embarrassed to have him represent Singapore, I turned to being a bit more sympathetic because in this peacocking, cringe-making, insecure man, I see something of myself and Singaporeans I know.

Generational wealth appears to stunt emotional growth. For those of us not born into families where the term “scion” applies, I wonder what the cause might be?

 

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Super Rich In Korea’s David Yong gets court nod to travel abroad again for business​

This is the second time David Yong has been allowed to go overseas amid his pending criminal proceedings.

Summary

• David Yong, featured on Netflix's "Super Rich in Korea", was allowed to travel to Seoul and Kuala Lumpur for business.
• This marks Yong's second successful travel application during his criminal proceedings, with bail increased by $500,000 to $1.5 million.
• Yong must report twice daily via video call and location sharing while overseas; his next pre-trial conference is on Sept 5.

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Aug 12, 2025

SINGAPORE – Businessman David Yong, who was featured in the Netflix series Super Rich In Korea and accused of multiple offences, has once again been permitted to travel out of Singapore on business.

This is the second time the beleaguered businessman has been allowed to go overseas amid his pending criminal proceedings.

On Aug 12, about a month after his previous trips to South Korea and Malaysia, Yong’s lawyer Navin Naidu applied for his client to travel to these same countries.

A district court allowed Yong to travel to Seoul from Aug 15 to 24, and Kuala Lumpur from Aug 28 to Sept 1.

The Kuala Lumpur trip is also for Yong to assist in separate police investigations based on reports filed by him, said Mr Naidu.

The lawyer did not divulge further details. The Straits Times understands that Yong was the complainant in this separate case, which is unrelated to his current criminal charges.

The 38-year-old Singaporean, whose full name is Yong Khung Lin, is the chief executive of a group of companies collectively known as Evergreen Group Holdings.

Yong, who is represented by Mr Naidu, Mr Philip Teh and Mr Aaron Lim of Dentons Rodyk & Davidson, was charged in 2024 with four counts of falsification of accounts.

On June 3, he was handed his fifth charge involving more than 1,000 promissory notes made by a company linked to him.

In granting him permission to travel, the court ordered that his current bail of $1 million be increased by another $500,000.

While overseas, Yong has to report twice daily to the investigation officer by video calls and location sharing, down from three times a day during his previous trips.

The prosecution did not object to Yong’s application to travel overseas.

Yong was previously allowed to travel to Seoul from July 4 to 11, and Kuala Lumpur from July 14 to 21 to attend to urgent matters for his businesses overseas, including securing new office premises.

This came after three failed applications to travel overseas. On his third application on March 20, District Judge Brenda Tan had found Yong to be a serious flight risk.

He held a Cambodian passport under the name “Duong Dara” that he claimed to have surrendered to the Cambodian authorities in June 2024.

However, Judge Tan said then that there was no official confirmation on the whereabouts of this document.

It was also revealed in court that Yong had allegedly sought another passport from Grenada, an island nation in the Caribbean.

On June 27, during Yong’s first successful application to travel overseas, Mr Naidu said the issue of the whereabouts of Yong’s Cambodian passport is now “conclusively resolved”.

Mr Naidu also said Yong has no interest in applying for any other foreign passports.

Yong was featured in the Netflix series Super Rich In Korea as one of the “super rich”.

Just three months after his appearance on the show, he was arrested on Aug 1, 2024, and charged in court two days later.

Yong’s next pre-trial conference will take place on Sept 5.

 

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Former celeb hairstylist Addy Lee gives up Singapore PR status and withdraws CPF monies​

Addy Lee has established a rabbit farm which is about a 30-minute drive from downtown Bangkok.

PHOTO: ADDY LEE/FACEBOOK
Aug 28, 2025

SINGAPORE – Former celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee has given up his permanent resident (PR) status in Singapore, with the revelation coming after he thanked and bid farewell to the country on Facebook on Aug 27.

In a telephone interview with Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao on Aug 28, the 54-year-old Malaysian confirmed he did so – as well as withdrew his Central Provident Fund (CPF) monies – last week.

Lee is from Penang and obtained his PR status when he was 23. The founder of the Monsoon chain of hair salons, who currently divides his time between Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, said he wrestled with the decision for several months.

“I originally planned to retire at 50, but the pandemic delayed it by a few years. That’s why I decided to withdraw my CPF for retirement,” he said. “This money will allow me to live quite comfortably, so I’m really grateful to Singapore.”

He added: “The entire policy is well-designed – not just for locals, but also for those of us who have come here to make a living. I still have something to fall back on now that I’m leaving this second home.”

Lee did not disclose the specific amount of the CPF sum, but said he felt both happiness and a sense of loss the moment he received the money.

“I’m happy because it means I can tangping (lie flat) and enjoy life for about 30 years, though I won’t be splurging recklessly,” he said. “The pace of life in Thailand is slower, and things are cheaper.”

It was also bittersweet for him.

“I built everything I have in Singapore from scratch. Besides the fame and gains, this place has taught me so much. From a teenager who couldn’t speak a word of English to where I am now, I think I’m doing fine. Singapore has given me countless opportunities and I have met many benefactors.”

He said he would likely return to Singapore in the future for reasons like consulting doctors, but admitted he would not do so for leisure.

“Spending three or four days here would cost me a month’s worth of living expenses in Thailand,” he explained.

Lee has established a rabbit farm which is about a 30-minute drive from downtown Bangkok. And despite starting live-stream company Mdada in 2020 with host Pornsak and actress Michelle Chia, he will not go back to a live-selling career.

“It’s okay to do live-streaming to chat, but I won’t be selling products,” he said. “Live-streaming has really made me money and taught me a lot, but it has also hurt me deeply.”

Lee said in a Facebook live stream in May that he fell out with local TV host Quan Yifeng, formerly a long-time close friend of his, over disagreements related to live-stream sales they did together in 2020.

Pornsak announced his abrupt departure from Mdada in January 2023, and Lee accused him of bullying and defaming a staff member of the company who was Lee’s assistant in a live stream in May 2023.

Lee, who said on Facebook that he officially left the company in February 2025, also alleged in May 2025 that Chia had withheld his salary and was not responding to his texts.

“It’s time to draw the line,” he told Zaobao. “Whatever grudges there are, let them begin and end here.”

 

[True Believer]

This former "celebrity" hairstylist Addy Lee is a fraud. If he really is any good in hairstyling, why the fu-k is his hair in such a poor state?

 

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Ex-S’pore Idol judge Ken Lim convicted of molestation of 25-year-old woman​

Ken Lim is facing several other charges related to allegations of improper behaviour involving three other women.

Sep 26, 2025

SINGAPORE - Music producer and former Singapore Idol judge Ken Lim, 61, has been convicted of a molestation charge involving a 25-year-old woman.

The incident happened at the Hype Records office in Henderson Road on Nov 23, 2021. Lim was the executive director of the record label company at the time.

In delivering her decision on Sept 26, Principal District Judge Lee Lit Cheng said that she found the victim’s testimony to be unusually convincing, which left no reasonable doubt of Lim’s guilt.

The judge noted that Lim had “jokingly” sent the woman a message stating that he could tie her up.

She also found him to be an untruthful witness, who was willing to make claims to serve his own interests.

In 2024, Lim had to fight off allegations involving a different woman who had accused him of using inappropriate words while they were at Hype Records’ premises on July 25, 2012.

After a trial, District Judge Wong Peck found Lim not guilty of insulting a woman’s modesty.

She said the woman, who was then 25 years old, had embellished her evidence and was not a credible witness.

For this earlier case, Lim was acquitted in December 2024.

Details about both women cannot be disclosed due to a gag order.

The molestation allegation involved a work-related interview at Lim’s office, the court heard.

The woman said she met Lim three times, adding that he made suggestive comments at the second and third meeting.

She said Lim had asked her if she would perform a sex act on a director and have sex with someone “to bring about change”.

The woman said she was molested during their third meeting.

She said it happened after Lim asked her to kiss him. She said she did so once but felt disgusted after doing it.


She told the court that he asked her to kiss him again, but to do it with more passion. The woman said as they kissed, he touched her chest.

The woman later shared details of the incident to her boyfriend at the time and a female friend, who both testified in court.

The female friend said the woman shared details of the encounter, where she described the interview with Lim as “quite traumatic”.

The friend said she was told that Lim had forced the victim to kiss and perform a sex act on him.

The friend told Judge Lee: “He also said that he wanted to tie her up...She just seemed very traumatised by what had happened and very disgusted that she was forced to do things that she didn’t want to do.”

Lim, who is represented by a team led by Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, denied molesting the woman.

He told Judge Lee that he would not have artistes signing contracts of up to 20 years with his agency if he had behaved in an improper manner with the woman.

He said: “I’ve been doing this business for four decades. If I was so ridiculous, I won’t be where I am today. I won’t have the success I’m having.”

Lim also denied kissing the woman.

“Being able to kiss on screen is so irrelevant. It’s just a convenient excuse she’s providing to support her allegation.”

“She might be thinking we’re producing movies like Basic Instinct, Game of Thrones, or Sex and the City. But...in Singapore, we are talking about shows like Under One Roof, Phua Chu Kang, Ah Boys to Men,” he said

Lim is facing several other charges related to allegations of improper behaviour involving three other women. These will be dealt with at a later date.

 

[True Believer]

How the heck can Addy Lee be a "celebrity hairdresser" with such an ugly "bowl" haircut?

 

[k1976]

#3

Actress fined $5,000 over verbal abuse

Melissa Faith Yeo Lay Hong pleaded guilty to two offences under the Protection from Harassment Act.

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent
PUBLISHED DEC 5, 2019

Actress-model Melissa Faith Yeo Lay Hong called the police emergency hotline in May and used vulgar language when talking to the operator who took her call.

The court heard that she became unhappy when the operator, Mr Mohamad Faizan Mohamed Rais, 38, told her to calm down.

She responded by hurling a swear word at him.

In another incident, Yeo, 33, who also works as a property agent, made a lewd hand gesture and hurled an obscenity at an SMRT employee in November last year.

She was fined $5,000 yesterday after pleading guilty to two offences under the Protection from Harassment Act.

State Prosecuting Officer (SPO) Mohd Nasri Haron said that assistant station manager Victor Chuang Shi Chang, 63, was at the control station of Bishan MRT station on Nov 21 last year when Yeo approached Mr Chuang to ask about the past transactions on her ez-link card.

Mr Chuang then informed her of her last two transactions. When Yeo asked for more information, he directed her to a functioning general ticketing machine about 50m away. Yeo went towards it but returned soon after and told Mr Chuang off, accusing him of giving her wrong information.

She later asked him for a feedback form and he gave her one. After taking it, she flashed him an obscene hand gesture and hurled a vulgarity at him.

SPO Mohd Nasri said that Mr Mohamad Faizan was on duty on May 2 this year when he received a call from Yeo at around 6.30pm.

Yeo wanted to find out about a case of an assault earlier in the day in which she was the victim. During the conversation, she also used an obscene word to refer to an investigation officer handling the case.

The outcome of the assault case was not mentioned in court.

Yeo was named one of FHM Singapore's 100 Sexiest Women in 2008 and 2009. In 2014, she appeared in a local movie titled Afterimages.

For verbally abusing a public servant, she could have been jailed for up to a year and fined up to $5,000.

Ish a Chiobu de woh

Now is a Housing Agent de woh, any rich bro buy from her before?

 

[True Believer]

Ish a Chiobu de woh. Now is a Housing Agent de woh, any rich bro buy from her before?

This is a current photo of Melissa Faith Yeo Lay Hong.

 

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Super Rich In Korea’s David Yong fined $1k for holding executive business appointment​

The fine was issued by the Law Society to David Yong as he had breached rules regulating the legal profession.

Sep 21, 2025

SINGAPORE - Businessman David Yong, of Netflix’s Super Rich In Korea fame, was fined $1,000 by the Law Society of Singapore council for holding an executive appointment in a business entity.

A notice published in the Government Gazette on the evening of Sept 19 said Yong, whose full name is Yong Khung Lin, had breached rules regulating the legal profession.

As director and chief executive of the Evergreen Group of Companies, he had flouted a requirement in the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015, which states that “a legal practitioner must not accept any executive appointment in a business entity”.

The 38-year-old was a partner at Yong, Seow & Lim Legal in Singapore in April 2024, but had been removed as of mid-August 2024, according to an archived version of the law firm’s website.

The website was under maintenance as at Sept 21, and the last archived version that could be accessed was from March.

Yong, who is in Japan after a district court granted him permission to travel, was charged in 2024 with four counts of falsification of accounts.

He was handed a fifth charge on June 3, after being accused of consenting to the offering of promissory notes by Evergreen GRP Holdings between July 2023 and July 2024.

These promissory notes, which are written and signed unconditional promises made by a borrower to pay a certain sum of money to a specified person or company, did not comply with requirements under the Securities and Futures Act.

The police said in a statement then that more than $61 million was raised from the issuance of more than 1,000 promissory notes that promised an annual interest of 10 per cent.

After appearing in the Netflix series Super Rich In Korea in May 2024, in which he claimed to be “Singapore’s top 1 per cent super rich”, Yong was arrested three months later, and then charged in court two days following his arrest.

He had been given permission to fly to Japan from Sept 12 to 22, and then to Shanghai from Sept 22 to 25 for business reasons, and his next pretrial conference will take place on Oct 17.

 

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Influencer Yamaguchi given electronic tag after conviction for $600 Don Don Donki theft​

The 30-year-old was on Sept 23 issued with a day reporting order for three months.

Sep 23, 2025

SINGAPORE – Influencer Genie Yamaguchi will have to wear an electronic tag and remain indoors from 10pm to 6am every day, as part of her sentence for shop theft.

The 30-year-old was on Sept 23 issued with a day reporting order (DRO) for three months.

This is an alternative sentence to a fine or jail term, with offenders having to report to a day reporting centre on a regular basis.

Yamaguchi, who owns a preserved flower service and a beauty aesthetics clinic, had earlier pleaded guilty to stealing about $600 worth of items from the Don Don Donki supermarket at Orchard Central.

Court documents showed that Yamaguchi and her friend, Lee Suet Keay Cheryl, were at the supermarket on Aug 25, 2024, at about 2.30am.

The duo put 27 items in a cart and left the store without paying. The stolen items included beauty products, bags and food, which amounted to $628.90.

A supermarket staff member who saw them stealing the items told his manager about the incident, and the police were alerted. The theft was also captured by security cameras.

Yamaguchi was arrested at her home on Sept 3, 2024.

In earlier proceedings, her lawyer, Ms Joyce Khoo, told the court that Yamaguchi had compensated Don Don Donki for the items.

The prosecution noted that she has no prior criminal record, and requested an assessment to determine Yamaguchi’s suitability for a DRO.

On Sept 23, Ms Khoo said her client was very sorry for her actions, and promised that she would never reoffend.

 

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Lawyers of Ken Lim, S’pore Idol ex-judge, succeed in having his 7 charges heard in separate trials​

Between 1998 and 1999, he allegedly showed a pornographic video to a female artiste under his management, who was between 19 and 21 years old then.
He allegedly told her she was sexually inexperienced and he could help her.

Lim allegedly made lewd remarks to another female artiste under his management between 1999 and 2002. She was then between 18 and 20 years old.
In one instance, he purportedly asked the girl if he could be her first sex partner. He is also accused of offering to be her sexual partner to “fulfil her sexual fantasies” on another occasion.

S-t-e-l-l-a???