Dr Chee Weng Kheong Andrew : Doctor in Maintenance Case

[Mdm Tang]

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Doctor in maintenance case says he needs the money

Source: TODAY


Author: Tanya Fong



SINGAPORE - He initially told the court that he did not have the means to pay maintenance to his former wife and four children. However, Dr Andrew Chee Weng Kheong later admitted that he had money but said that he needed it "to function".

The 56-year-old general practitioner - who had been jailed five times between 2005 and last year for refusing to pay maintenance - is now back in court to face the same charge.

During yesterday's hearing in the High Court, Dr Chee, a bankrupt, said initially that he did not have the means to pay the S$5,000 monthly maintenance to his former wife, Ms Elizabeth Lim.

But during the cross-examination by her lawyer, Mr David Liew, Dr Chee stood up in the witness box, pulled out his wallet and the money from it and said: "I have money but I need money to function. I am roofless ... I have some means and I'm trying to move on."

Dr Chee also claimed that he was no longer an employee of the clinic in Choa Chu Kang which had belonged to him and which he had transferred to his clinic assistant, Ms Jessica Lew Yek Yeong. He claimed he was now working "freelance".

Court documents had referred to Ms Lew as Dr Chee's "girlfriend".

Ms Lim, 50, had filed a contempt of court order - her third so far - against Dr Chee for not paying court-ordered maintenance, which was in arrears of S$128,000.

During yesterday's hearing before Justice Lee Seiu Kin, Dr Chee claimed that the Family Court, High Court and Subordinate Courts were unfair and prejudiced against him in their judgements.

The court heard details of the financial disputes between Dr Chee and Ms Lim, including the ownership of the S$400,000 they won in a lottery in 1994 and the en bloc sale of their matrimonial home in Toh Tuck.

The undisputed facts of the divorce proceedings were also revealed, such as Dr Chee terminating the education policy of one of his children and withdrawing about S$170,000 from a joint account held by him and Ms Lim in 2004.

The hearing continues today.

 

[halsey02]

He won 4D $400,000 & ToTo of another around $600,000, he don't mind going in to Changi Rest House frequently for free food & lodging, so that he don't have to pay his wife any money.

 

[kopiuncle]

He won 4D $400,000 & ToTo of another around $600,000, he don't mind going in to Changi Rest House frequently for free food & lodging, so that he don't have to pay his wife any money.

what's happenin ghere in sick sinkieland....all sorts of funny stories. doctor somemore.

 

[Cruxx]

Sinkie loctors really no ethical foundation. :(

 

[batman1]

Not willing to pay alimony,not happy to pay,prefer go jail than pay ex-wife.Bad blood.

 

[halsey02]

Sinkie loctors really no ethical foundation. :(

This they learn from the top, the best of the land!, you want to talk about ethics!

 

[jiakhongleow]

Your CPF money is Ponzi scheme now, who is more sick?

what's happenin ghere in sick sinkieland....all sorts of funny stories. doctor somemore.

 

[kopiuncle]

Your CPF money is Ponzi scheme now, who is more sick?

nanbeh everything here sick lah...cpf ...can't even talk about it! nanbeh kosong liao lah!

 

[Mdm Tang]

dear uncle ,



how come in singapore : doctor jailed stilll can practice meh ???


how come like that one ???

 

[Mdm Tang]

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SINGAPORE - The general practitioner who is in court for not complying with court orders and owing his four children and ex-wife about S$128,000 in maintenance had transferred more than S$1 million to his clinic assistant and her brother between 2003 and 2004, the High Court heard yesterday.

When cross-examined by his ex-wife's lawyer, Dr Andrew Chee Weng Kheong, 56, admitted to transferring the money to Ms Jessica Lew Yek Yeong and her brother Lew Kwan Koon.

Yesterday's hearing before Justice Lee Seiu Kin centred on the multiple transfers of cash and assets by Dr Chee to Ms Lew, as well as the joint bank accounts and joint safe deposit box they opened to facilitate the transfer.

Dr Chee had earlier claimed and maintained that a sum of S$671,914 - prize money from a lottery - that was deposited into his matrimonial bank account with his ex-wife in 2003 belonged to Ms Lew.

Dr Chee also claimed that he asked Ms Lew for a $450,000 loan, which she agreed to. A joint bank account and joint safe deposit box were opened in both their names, where Dr Chee issued two cheques of $250,000 and $3,000 to the joint account as well as a S$213,914 cheque into Ms Lew's personal bank account on the same day.

When his ex-wife's lawyer, Mr David Liew, asked why he did so, Dr Chee replied: "Because she said I got so much money so we came up with this safety precaution and I told her better add my name into it in case you get cheated ... I wanted to act for her interest."

When asked why he opened a joint safe deposit box with her, Dr Chee said Ms Lew was into buying shares and may need a safe place to keep her share certificates. But Mr Liew pointed out that Ms Lew did not open a trading account until 2004.

In trying to establish that Dr Chee had the means to pay maintenance ordered by the courts, Mr Liew also produced Dr Chee's and Ms Lew's share trading statements - each of them was found to have bought S$551,985 worth of shares as at September 2004.

Dr Chee claimed that the shares in his name belonged to Ms Lew. When Mr Liew pointed out that Ms Lew was already trading in shares using her own account, Dr Chee claimed that Ms Lew was "euphoric" from her lottery win and was overcome with "greed". She had then used his share trading account to trade beyond the limits of her account, he claimed.

Justice Lee had intervened in the cross-examination - where Dr Chee chose to represent himself - on multiple occasions, including asking Dr Chee his reasons for being unable to pay maintenance for his ex wife and four children.

In his reply, Dr Chee said he had some money but could not pay in full because he felt "shortchanged" in the division of matrimonial assets.

Dr Chee and his ex-wife Elizabeth Lim divorced in 2004. Several enforcement orders were issued on Dr Chee to pay the arrears in maintenance but he did not comply and served five jail terms in default. This latest hearing has been adjourned to a later date.

 

[halsey02]

dear uncle ,



how come in singapore : doctor jailed stilll can practice meh ???


how come like that one ???

He did not commit crime, he owe his wife alimony!!

 

[tanakow]

Don't assume that the ex-wife is an angel. Sometimes the ex-wife so p.i.s.s.e.d off the man, that he would rather "scorch the earth" than give her anything.