A woman still needs a man

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What happens when a woman does not have a man? She becomes unhinged.

"The marriage started deteriorating around 1992 when he lost his job. Between 1999 and 2009, he left the matrimonial home, then returned, several times. He finally left in 2010 and filed for divorce in 2014.

Madam Shi made headlines for her behaviour in a string of public incidents.

In 2014, she punched a motorist after he refused to let her car pass.

In 2015, she trapped a worker in a crane's bucket for pruning a tree on her Astrid Hill property.

In 2016, she stopped her car in the middle of Orchard Road, causing a jam, after a bus driver sounded his horn at her."

Feminists, LGBTs - what have you to say?

'Ferrari woman' fails in attempt to avoid paying over $430,000 to former husband​

Retired interior designer Shi Ka Yee in 2018.

Selina Lum
Law Correspondent

July 13, 2021

SINGAPORE - A woman, who once caused a traffic jam in Orchard Road when she stopped her Ferrari, failed in her attempt on last Friday (July 9) to avoid paying more than $430,000 to her former husband.
Retired interior designer Shi Ka Yee, 75, had applied to the High Court to set aside a statutory demand by Mr Patrick Teo Chong Nghee, 73, that was served on her in May.
The statutory demand arose from a court order in 2018 concerning the division of matrimonial assets of about $40.5 million.
The demand was for a sum of $431,610.89, being interest accrued on $6.85 million that Madam Shi was to pay Mr Teo as his share of the assets.
He said she owed him interest because the $6.85 million was payable in two sums, in August and November 2018, but she made full payment only in December 2019.
Madam Shi argued that he was not entitled to claim interest.

Her lawyers, Mr Muralli Rajaram and Ms Adorabelle Tan, argued that interest does not usually accrue on monies that one party is ordered to pay the other in the division of matrimonial assets.
Mr Teo's lawyers - Mr Suresh Damodara, Mr Clement Ong and Ms Dorothy Lim - argued that their client was making a straightforward claim for statutorily imposed interest on judgment debts.
Assistant registrar Gan Kam Yuin ruled in favour of Mr Teo.
According to court documents seen by The Straits Times, Madam Shi and Mr Teo, a former merchant banker, married in 1976 and have a daughter.
During the marriage, they bought and sold about 20 properties. These included their matrimonial home in Astrid Hill, bought in 1979 in Madam Shi's sole name for $970,000. It was sold for $47 million in 2019.
They also had a Nassim Jade apartment and a Scotts Square unit.
In 1989, Mr Teo's name was added to the Astrid Hill house, with him having a 20 per cent share.
The marriage started deteriorating around 1992 when he lost his job. Between 1999 and 2009, he left the matrimonial home, then returned, several times.
He finally left in 2010 and filed for divorce in 2014.
He was made a bankrupt in 2015 by his then lawyers for nearly $614,000 in unpaid legal fees for various lawsuits.
In 2018, the court ordered that Mr Teo was to get 17 per cent of the matrimonial assets and Madam Shi, 83 per cent.
The court accepted that her wealthy mother had paid for the Astrid Hill house.
Madam Shi was to pay $6.85 million to the Official Assignee, after which Mr Teo's share of the house would be transferred to her.
Both sides appealed.
Madam Shi contended that Mr Teo had relinquished his share in the house. She relied on a note in 1998 in which he declared that his share would be transferred to her.
Mr Teo argued that Madam Shi, who was known for her "volatile" personality, had asked him to issue the note during the Asian financial crisis, as she blamed him for her losses. He said he wrote the note to appease her and avoid "domestic aggression and rage".

In 2014, Madam Shi punched a motorist (left) after he refused to let her car pass and in 2015, she trapped a worker in a crane's bucket for pruning a tree on her Astrid Hill property (right).

He argued that he should get 50 per cent of the Nassim Jade and Scotts Square properties, instead of 10 per cent.
Both appeals were dismissed in 2019.
Madam Shi made headlines for her behaviour in a string of public incidents.
In 2014, she punched a motorist after he refused to let her car pass.
In 2015, she trapped a worker in a crane's bucket for pruning a tree on her Astrid Hill property.
In 2016, she stopped her car in the middle of Orchard Road, causing a jam, after a bus driver sounded his horn at her.
She was jailed six weeks for these incidents.

 

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Was the divorce a major contribution to her depression?

Elderly Ferrari driver's depression not a contributing factor to her committing assault: Judge​

Shi Ka Yee (above), 72, was convicted of assaulting a BMW driver Raphael Chong Yen Ping on Aug 17, 2017. Mr Chong was left with a cut above his right eyebrow.


FEB 22, 2018

SINGAPORE - A district court has accepted that an elderly Ferrari driver was suffering from depression when she punched a fellow motorist in Telok Ayer Street on Feb 25, 2014.
District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt however found that Shi Ka Yee's depression was not a contributing factor to the offence.
He delivered his findings on Thursday (Feb 22) following a hearing to determine her mental condition.
On Aug 17 last year, he convicted the 72-year-old woman of assaulting BMW driver Raphael Chong Yen Ping, 39, following a two-day trial. Mr Chong was left with a cut above his right eyebrow.
Shi's personal psychiatrist, Dr Pauline Sim Li Ping, testified in court on Wednesday that her patient was diagnosed with depression in 2009.
Dr Sim, who is a consultant psychiatrist at the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, said that people with depression tend to react to provocation without thinking of the consequences. She said this could have been the case with Shi.

The psychiatrist said that Shi felt disappointed and "taken advantage of" upon finding out that her husband was having an affair with a woman from China.
Dr Sim added that Madam Shi often thought she was being taken advantage of as she is a woman.
"She was shocked that a BMW driver would be rude to her... that's why she reacted.
"It would be disastrous to incarcerate her... treatment would be better."

On Thursday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhuo Wenzhao said that Dr Sim's findings should be given very little weight.
He had told Judge Chay on Wednesday that there are nine symptoms of depression according to the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, which is widely used by psychiatrists.
They include fatigue, recurrent thoughts of suicide, insomnia and diminished interest or pleasure. DPP Zhuo had also pointed out that for somebody to be diagnosed with depression, he or she must display five or more of these symptoms.
Dr Sim testified on Wednesday that Shi did not display six of the nine symptoms and added that the manual was only a guide.
During the trial last year, the court heard that Shi punched Mr Chong because she felt that his BMW was blocking the way in Telok Ayer Street.
He had told her: "If you don't know how to drive a Ferrari, don't drive a Ferrari."
Shi, who is represented by lawyer Irving Choh, is slated to be sentenced next month. Offenders convicted of assault can be jailed for up to two years and fined up to $5,000.

 

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Elderly Ferrari driver sentenced to 4 weeks' jail for assaulting motorist​

Shi Ka Yee, 72, was also disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for six months.

MAR 16, 2018


SINGAPORE - Ferrari driver Shi Ka Yee, 72, was on Friday (March 16) sentenced to four weeks' jail and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for six months, for assaulting a fellow motorist.
District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt convicted her on Aug 17 last year following a two-day trial.
He found her guilty of punching Mr Raphael Chong Yen Ping, then 39, in Telok Ayer Street at around 5pm on Feb 25, 2014. Mr Chong suffered a cut above his right eyebrow from the assault.
In delivering his verdict, Judge Chay noted that Shi testified during the trial that she had slapped - not punched - Mr Chong. Shi claimed she did so as he had abused her with vulgar language.
However, the judge rejected Shi's testimony, adding that "no profanities were uttered" by Mr Chong.
Shi will be appealing against her conviction and sentence. Bail was offered at $16,000.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhuo Wenzhao said Mr Chong was in his BMW in Telok Ayer Street when Shi pulled up beside him and sounded her horn.

DPP Zhuo said: "The accused wanted the victim to move his car so that she could pass. However, the victim felt that there was enough space... as many vehicles had passed by his car in the five to 10 minutes he had parked his car.
"The victim rejected the accused's request for him to move his car. He also told her: 'If you don't know how to drive a Ferrari, don't drive a Ferrari'."
Shi then got out of her red Ferrari to take pictures of Mr Chong's car before punching him.

On Friday, DPP Zhuo said Shi was unremorseful and urged Judge Chay to jail her for at least four weeks. Referring to the case as a “classic road rage incident”, he also asked the court to disqualify her from driving for six months.
Defence lawyer Irving Choh pleaded for his client to be fined between $4,000 and $5,000. He told the judge that Mr Chong’s remark about Shi’s driving ability led her to commit the offence.
Mr Choh said: “Had Mr Chong moved his car... nothing would have happened... Thank goodness the injury was minor.”
Besides this case, Shi appeared in court earlier this month to face two new charges. These include one count of drink driving allegedly committed in February last year.
For these two new cases, she will be back in court on April 4.
Shi also has six other older charges against her involving two separate incidents. For instance, in February 2015, she allegedly harassed her neighbour Nasrat Lucas Muzayyin by using abusive words on him in Astrid Hill near Holland Road before trespassing onto his property.
In 2016, Shi allegedly stopped her car while driving in Orchard Road, causing an obstruction. She is also accused of harassing Mr Wu Xiaokui by using insulting words on him.
The pre-trial conference for these six older charges will take place on April 11.

 

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Ferrari owner back in court after leaving tree pruner trapped on crane​

Shi Ka Yee was back in court to plead guilty to two charges of wrongful confinement and a rash act endangering the personal safety of others, and another drink-driving charge from a separate incident, on Aug 14, 2018.

Charmaine Ng


AUG 14, 2018


SINGAPORE - A tree pruner was left hanging high above the ground in his crane after a home owner took the key to the vehicle and drove off with it.
Shi Ka Yee, 73 - who hit the headlines several times this year for offences involving her Ferrari - had been furious that her neighbour Mr Nasrat Muzayyin was having a raintree pruned, as it was encroaching into the driveway of his bungalow at Astrid Hill near Holland Road.
After entering his home and hurling vulgarities at him, she yelled: "You cut my tree, my tree is a living thing. I hope your kids die."
The row escalated with Shi grabbing the crane's key and driving off.
Shi was back in court on Tuesday (Aug 14) to plead guilty to two charges of wrongful confinement and a rash act endangering the personal safety of others, and another drink-driving charge from a separate incident.
Three other charges of a similar nature will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

Mr Nasrat, 58, had hired a contractor to prune the tree, and five workers arrived at his home on Feb 17, 2015.
Indian national Ankathi Thirupathi, 35, was lifted in the crane bucket so he could prune the tree with a chainsaw. Half an hour later, Shi arrived at the scene in a car and sounded her horn.

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After arguing with Mr Nasrat, she went to the crane to take the key and ignored the workers' pleas to return it before driving off - leaving Mr Ankathi trapped in the bucket.
The workers informed Mr Nasrat about the incident and he confronted Shi at her home to retrieve the key but she continued to argue with him.
As she tried to drive away, Mr Nasrat attempted to block her car but she drove forward, causing him to move out of the way.
After about an hour, Mr Ankathi was freed by Singapore Civil Defence Force officers, who used a ladder to rescue him.
In a separate incident on Jan 31 last year, Shi was arrested at the Grand Hyatt hotel after she attempted to drive her car home while drunk.
Earlier this year, Shi was sentenced to four weeks' jail and disqualified from driving for six months, for assaulting a fellow motorist in 2014.
She will be appealing against the conviction and sentence.
Last month, Shi admitted to stopping her car in the middle of Orchard Road and causing a jam, after a private bus driver complained she had been driving at a "very slow speed".
Shi will be back in court on Aug 29.

 

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Ferrari driver convicted of assault faces drink driving charge​

Ferrari driver Shi Ka Yee (centre) was offered bail of $10,000 and will be back in court on April 4.

MAR 14, 2018

SINGAPORE - Ferrari driver Shi Ka Yee, 72, who was convicted of assaulting a fellow motorist, was back in court to face two new charges, including one count of drink driving.
The other charge was for failing to provide without reasonable excuse a breath sample to a police officer last year.
This took place at around 12am on Feb 1 last year when Shi was in her car outside the Grand Hyatt Singapore hotel in Scotts Road.
She was later found to have 103mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood, according to court documents. This was way above the legal limit of 80mg per 100ml. The court papers did not say how the blood sample was obtained from her.
Shi was offered bail of $10,000 and will be back in court on April 4.
Before then, she is expected to be sentenced on Friday (March 16) for assaulting BMW driver Raphael Chong Yen Ping, 39. She was convicted on Aug 17 last year following a two-day trial.

Mr Chong suffered a cut above his right eyebrow after Shi punched him in Telok Ayer Street at around 5pm on Feb 25, 2014.
Besides these cases, Shi has six other charges against her. They have been stood down and will be dealt with at a later date.

Four of them relate to an incident involving overhanging branches of a rain tree growing on her property in Astrid Hill, near Holland Road.
Shi allegedly harassed her neighbour, Mr Nasrat Lucas Muzayyin, at around 9.30am on Feb 17, 2015 by using abusive words on him.
She is accused of trespassing into his property about 10 minutes later to remove an ignition key from a crane, immobilising it and trapping a worker, Mr Ankathi Thirupathi, in the crane bucket. Mr Ankathi was there to prune the tree that was at least 80 years old.
Shi is said to have confined him there for more than an hour. She also allegedly committed a rash act at around 9.50am that day by revving the engine of her car and moving it towards Mr Muzayyin while he was standing in front of the vehicle.
The remaining two charges have to do with an incident that took place at around 5.40pm on June 29, 2016.
Shi allegedly stopped her car in between two lanes in Orchard Road, just after the Claymore Road junction, causing an obstruction. She is also accused of harassing one Mr Wu Xiaokui by using insulting words on him.

 

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Ferrari driver, 73, admits causing Orchard Road obstruction leading to peak-hour jam​

Shi Ka Yee, 73, has admitted to stopping her car in the middle of Orchard Road in 2016, causing a traffic jam.

JUL 16, 2018

SINGAPORE - Just four months after she was sentenced to jail for assault, Ferrari driver Shi Ka Yee, 73, admitted in a district court on Monday (July 16) that she stopped her car in the middle of Orchard Road in 2016, causing a traffic jam.
She blocked the traffic after a private bus driver sounded his horn as she had been driving at a "very slow speed".
Shi pleaded guilty in court to obstructing other motorists when she stopped her Ferrari in Orchard Road, just after the Claymore Road junction near Orchard Towers, during the evening peak hour of June 29, 2016.
One count of verbally insulting the bus driver, Mr Wu Xiaokui, 41, will be considered during sentencing.
At 5.20pm that day, Mr Wu, who is a Singapore permanent resident, was transporting about 20 passengers from Scotts Road to Depot Road when he drove directly behind Shi's car in Claymore Road.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Wong Kok Weng said Shi's car was travelling at a very slow speed even though the traffic in front of her was clear.

As a result, Mr Wu's bus had to travel at a speed of 5kmh. He tapped his horn twice to alert Shi, and her car turned left into Orchard Road when it reached the junction.

The Ferrari suddenly came to a complete halt in the middle of the five-lane Orchard Road, occupying the third and fourth lanes from the right.
It obstructed Mr Wu's bus, which was unable to complete the turn or move forward. As a result, the bus got stuck across the third, fourth and fifth lanes from the right.
DPP Wong said there was no obstruction in front of Shi's car and she had no reason to stop the vehicle in the middle of the road.

He added: "The victim responded by sounding his horn to alert the accused to move off. Instead of moving her vehicle, the accused alighted from her car and approached the victim. The victim also alighted from his bus. The accused was angry, and began shouting loudly at the victim."
The bus driver then asked Shi to move her car to the side of the road but she refused to budge. A long traffic jam had started building up by then, the court heard.
Police received a phone call about the dispute at 5.38pm and officers in a patrol car reached the vicinity two minutes later.
When officers asked her to move, Shi replied that she did not want the bus to get away as she wanted to report Mr Wu's behaviour.

Besides this case, Shi was sentenced to four weeks' jail and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for six months in March this year. This was for assaulting BMW driver Raphael Chong Yen Ping, then 39, in Telok Ayer Street at around 5pm on Feb 25, 2014.
Shi will be appealing against this conviction and sentence.
She also has six other pending charges against her involving separate incidents.
For instance, in February 2015, she allegedly harassed her neighbour, Mr Nasrat Lucas Muzayyin, by using abusive words on him in Astrid Hill near Holland Road before trespassing onto his property. She is also accused of drink driving last year.
Shi, who is now represented by a legal team led by Senior Counsel N. Sreenivasan, is out on bail. The pre-trial conference for her cases will be held on July 26 for her to decide on the next steps she would like to take for these pending charges.

 

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It all went downhill for Jannie Tay because of divorce.
She went bonkers and sent more than 1,000 emails.
Her financial affairs also deteriorated.
And was the divorce a cause of her daughter's drug abuse?

Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan hauled to court again by ex-husband over e-mails​

Picture of Jannie Chan arriving of Supreme Court on July 5, 2017.

Selina Lum
Law Correspondent

JUL 6, 2017


SINGAPORE - Prominent businesswoman Jannie Chan is facing possible jail time and a fine for contempt of court proceedings brought by her former husband, who said she sent him hundreds of allegedly harrassing and defamatory e-mail messages.
Ms Chan, 72, who co-founded luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass with ex-husband Henry Tay, 73, and is widely recognised as the face of the public-listed company, was in court on Wednesday (July 5) to explain her intentions for sending the e-mails.
She said they were largely updates on matters relating to their daughter Audrey and her children, as well as updates on the affairs of the companies owned by her and Dr Tay. The couple ended their 41-year marriage in 2010.
"Henry can send me e-mails... why can't I send back?" she said.
During her half hour on the stand, Ms Chan complained that she felt harassed by the threat of legal action by her ex-husband's lawyers. "My life is great except for court cases," she said.
Several times, she had to be stopped by Judicial Commissioner Hoo Sheau Peng and her own lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam when she veered off topic, raising grievances against Dr Tay's "Korean lady friend".

"Sorry, I'm very emotional when it comes to this. My children are my life. This woman, in three years, changed everything," she told the court.
This is the third time Dr Tay has taken contempt of court proceedings against his ex-wife for flouting multiple court orders which restrained her from defaming him and from harassing him by sending him e-mails without his consent.
The first was withdrawn after she apologised. She was fined $30,000 the second time.
The orders arose out of a lawsuit filed by Dr Tay against Ms Chan in 2014 for sending him 1,260 e-mails between November 2013 and September 2014, which he alleged were defamatory or amounted to harassment. Some e-mails were sent to other recipients including family members, friends, employees, and Cabinet ministers.
The current proceedings relate to 446 e-mails sent between March last year and February and 42 e-mails sent between April and July this year.
On Monday, Dr Tay's lawyer, Ms Megan Chia, told the court: "There was yet another defamatory e-mail sent this morning."
Ms Chia did not press for a specific sentence but said any financial sanction should be higher than the previous fine of $30,000 to deter her from sending him further e-mails.
Mr Thuraisingam contended that the e-mails did not breach any court order. He argued that the order only restrained Ms Chan from sending e-mails which had the effect of harassing Dr Tay, not from sending him any e-mail at all.
He argued that she had sent out the e-mails as she was under stress and pressure owing to a series of "unfortunate family events".
The court is expected to give a decision at the end of the month.

 

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Did the moneylender paint "O$P$" on Jannie's Good Class Bungalow?

Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan seeks stay of bankruptcy order; owes moneylender over $4m​

Jannie Chan owes licensed moneylender over $4.15m​

The Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan's debt to SME Care stems from a 2012 personal guarantee she gave it in return for a $500,000 loan to her firm JASC.

K.C. Vijayan
Senior Law Correspondent

JUN 21, 2019

The Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan has been made a bankrupt for owing a licensed moneylender more than $4.15 million.
The order was handed down by the High Court against Ms Chan, who turned 74 last month, on May 27. She has indicated she will appeal to stay the bankruptcy order.
The court noted last month that it was the fifth hearing of the bankruptcy application and she had almost six months since the first one to settle the debt with SME Care.
Ms Chan, who represented herself at the hearing, had asked for a further six weeks' extension but SME Care, represented by lawyer Murali Rajaram, opposed this.
High Court Assistant Registrar Zeslene Mao was not convinced a further adjournment would enable Ms Chan to settle the debt, given that no sum has been paid since December last year. The court also noted that other parties had brought proceedings against her.
Her debt to SME Care stems from a 2012 personal guarantee she gave it in return for a $500,000 loan to her firm JASC.

Ms Chan is the controlling director and sole shareholder of JASC.
She also secured the loan with the mortgage of two properties.
When JASC defaulted, the mortgaged properties were sold but this was not enough to settle the debt, which had grown over the years to $3.69 million by September 2017, and SME Care launched legal action.
Ms Chan told the court that she had been made bankrupt before and was "fine" with the latest order.

In 2016, she owed $9 million to ANZ bank but that was annulled when the debt was settled three months later.
As a bankrupt, Ms Chan is disqualified from being a company director, trustee or personal representative, among other things. But she said this does not prevent her from continuing as adviser to The Hour Glass, the luxury watch retailer she co-built into the industry titan that it is today from 40 years ago.
She told The Straits Times yesterday that she had recently renewed her contract to continue as adviser and wants to continue to serve "until age 113. I expect to live till 118. I worked on human resource, finance and the core business, which is what made us successful".
The filing she lodged with the Insolvency Office last week listed 66 companies of which she was director or manager, including three as managing director.
She added that she had applied to stay the bankruptcy order yesterday pending the outcome of an appeal.
"The courts have been very good and very kind to me and I am very happy," Ms Chan said, adding that although her bank account has been frozen, she is content with the proposed monthly sum for her upkeep.
A Business Times report said Ms Chan is a "substantial shareholder" at The Hour Glass. The company's 2018 annual report said she had a direct stake of 0.01 per cent while her deemed interest arises from her shareholding in TYC, which owns 48.27 per cent of The Hour Glass.
TYC was set up in 1979 to hold shares in The Hour Glass and other family assets.
Ms Chan was last reported to be holding 44 per cent of TYC's voting rights, while her former husband and The Hour Glass executive chairman and co-founder Henry Tay has 46 per cent. Their three children hold the remaining 10 per cent.
Dr Tay remains the biggest individual shareholder even after transferring 25 million shares last week to his son Michael Tay, The Hour Glass' group managing director.
The group's net profit surged 41 per cent to $70.4 million in the 12 months to March 31. It proposed a final dividend of three cents a share, up from two cents last year.
Ms Chan ceased being a director at The Hour Glass in 2016.

 

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Jannie Chan starts jail term for contempt​

Hour Glass co-founder Jannie Chan knew she was in contempt by sending out the e-mails, said the court.

Selina Lum
Law Correspondent

SEP 10, 2019


Prominent businesswoman Jannie Chan started serving a two-week jail term for contempt of court yesterday after losing her appeal against an order for the sentence, imposed in 2017, to take effect.
During the hearing, the 74-year-old, who argued her own case, spoke of grievances against her former husband Henry Tay, with whom she co-founded luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass. She also stressed that she was a divorced woman and was suffering from depression.
Dr Tay started contempt proceedings against her after she flouted a court order that restrained her from defaming and harassing him by sending out e-mails. The recipients included ministers, employees and her grandchildren's school teachers.
Yesterday, the Court of Appeal dismissed her arguments, saying that two weeks' jail was "rather lenient", given her "total and continued disregard for and defiance of the court's order".
Judge of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang said that despite the fact that Chan was depressed and distressed by her problems, she knew she was in contempt by sending out the e-mails. "It has been emphasised to her over and over again that this 'non-legal' route was in fact an unlawful one and that she should stop her destructive actions," said the court, which also comprised Justices Belinda Ang and Quentin Loh.
"Her recalcitrant conduct was persistent and pernicious despite the many opportunities given to her to simply stop."

After her appeal was dismissed, Chan blamed her former husband for using "legal technicalities" against her. "My daughter is in jail. I'm happy to go to jail," she said, referring to the 22-month prison term imposed on Audrey Tay May Li, 45, for drug charges last October.

Dr Tay and Chan ended their 41-year marriage in 2010. He sued her in 2014 for sending 1,265 e-mails that he said harassed him or were defamatory. The lawsuit was settled in 2016, and Chan was ordered to stop harassing and defaming Dr Tay. But she persisted in flouting the order.
Dr Tay then took out contempt proceedings against her, the third time he had taken such legal action. He dropped the case the first time after she apologised, and she was fined $30,000 the second time.
In 2017, the High Court sentenced Chan to two weeks' jail, but suspended the sentence for a year, on the condition that she stop flouting the order and attend monthly psychiatric sessions. She breached the conditions, resulting in the court lifting the suspension in April last year.

 

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Children are also affected by divorce.

Daughter of Hour Glass founders jailed for drug abuse​

Former public relations consultant Audrey Tay May Li pleaded guilty to three drug-related charges, and another charge of driving without care and caution.

Cara Wong


OCT 11, 2018

SINGAPORE - The daughter of the couple who founded luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass was jailed for 22 months on Thursday (Oct 11) for repeatedly abusing drugs over two years.
Former public relations consultant Audrey Tay May Li, 45, was also disqualified from driving for 18 months and fined $1,000 for driving without due care and attention.
She pleaded guilty to three drug charges and the driving charge on Aug 27.
Another five drug-related charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
She was arrested in August 2015 after knocking over a traffic light pole while driving under the influence of the drug ketamine.
While out on bail, Tay re-offended again in October 2017 when she turned up intoxicated for a psychiatric assessment at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH).


Defence counsel Eugene Thuraisingam argued for Tay to be given probation in lieu of an imprisonment term of two years and two months, as sought by public prosecutors.
Mr Thuraisingam said Tay's substance abuse was a form of "self medication to escape from the stresses of her life", adding that the eldest daughter of Ms Jannie Chan, 72, and Dr Henry Tay, 73 , suffered when they divorced in 2010.

Ms Jannie Chan, mother of Audrey Tay, arriving at the State Courts on Oct 11, 2018.

Tay herself is a divorcee with three children, but she had her elder daughter taken away from her in 2014 by her former husband, according to court papers.
She suffered from "overwhelming pain and despair from her elder daughter rejecting her", said Mr Thuraisingam. As a result, she developed psychiatric issues and was later found to be suffering from adjustment disorder with depressed mood and anxiety, and substance abuse disorder.
These circumstances "exacerbated her mood... and led her to recklessly take the substance," said Mr Thuraisingam.

However, Deputy Public Prosecutor Terence Chua said Tay's case was not exceptional enough to warrant a probation.
He argued that deterrence is usually the dominant consideration for drug offences and a custodial term is usually warranted, except in exceptional cases.
"Despite the accused's background, the case is completely ordinary, in terms of the type of conviction, the reasons for consumption, and the accidents that occurred," said Mr Chua.
In sentencing, District Judge Shaifuddin Saruwan said: "Her ability to make conscious choices is not impaired."
Tay is currently out on bail of $80,000, as she will be appealing against the sentence.

 

[blackmondy]

So these fucking bitches think depression entitle them to be piss off others without any consequences ?

 

[laksaboy]

They need that regular natural vaccination of testosterone between the legs to boost their happy hormones: endorphins and oxytocin.

When the happy hormones are sufficient, they are at peace and no longer troublemakers.

It is not rocket science... it is common sense.

 

[Patriotmissile]

These blady old hags 七十知天命之年 still dun know their days on earth are numbered and their wealth be given to those who no need to work hard for it.

 

[blackmondy]

They need that regular natural vaccination of testosterone between the legs to boost their happy hormones: endorphins and oxytocin.

When the happy hormones are sufficient, they are at peace and no longer troublemakers.

It is not rocket science... it is common sense.

Common sense and women don't go hand in hand.

 

[mahjongking]

ferrari driver must have been quite a fiesty fuck during her younger days,
now old already nobody wants to fuck so very frustrated......

who shall we send from sammyboy to pacify her?

 

[laksaboy]

ferrari driver must have been quite a fiesty fuck during her younger days,
now old already nobody wants to fuck so very frustrated......

who shall we send from sammyboy to pacify her?

Considering her age and mileage, she should fuck the gear stick of her car.

Too bad mechanical objects have no warmth for cuddling.

 

[syed putra]

Ms Adorabelle

Is she serious?

who shall we send from sammyboy to pacify her?

 

[laksaboy]

Is she serious?

Yes. You can call her phone number.

https://www.klgates.com/Adorabelle-Tan

 

[jw5]

Considering her age and mileage, she should fuck the gear stick of her car.

Too bad mechanical objects have no warmth for cuddling.

Can cuddle the steering wheel.

 

[zeddy]

Madam Shi Ka Yee seems badly affected by her divorce hence at times her violent eccentric behaviour. I'm sure who ever can make this rich Lau Kway Bu happy and help cure her of her depression, that chap will be set for life.