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The authorities on Feb 10 informing Iris Koh and Raymond Ng at their Farrer Park Road flat that their possessions would be seized.
PHOTO: The Straits Times
PUBLISHED ON February 10, 2025 5:35 PMByDavid Sun
SINGAPORE — The court has ordered items belonging to anti-vaccine group founder Iris Koh and her husband Raymond Ng to be seized and sold.
This was after the couple failed to pay up costs ordered in a defamation suit they had filed against former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng that was struck out in December 2024.
Cheng's lawyers and a court sheriff turned up at their home in Farrer Park Road at about 10.20am on Feb 10.
They attempted to execute an enforcement order for the seizure of Koh and Ng's possessions but were unsuccessful as the couple did not let them into their Housing Board flat.
Forced entry is not typically exercised by the sheriff on the first attempt at execution, but it may be used, if necessary, on subsequent attempts.
Koh, 48, and Ng, 51, along with former Progress Singapore Party member Brad Bowyer, Bevan Tey and Chan Swee Cheong, had previously filed a defamation suit against Cheng over comments he made on Facebook in June 2024 that criticised people spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines.
The suit was struck out after the judge found that it was an abuse of court processes, and it was in the interest of justice to strike it out.
Ng, Tey and Chan were ordered to pay Cheng a total of $2,500 plus goods and services tax (GST) in costs.
Additionally, the judge said the alleged defamatory statements were also not clearly defamatory, and ordered the five of them, including Koh and Bowyer, to pay Cheng a total of $8,000 plus GST in costs.
Bowyer, Tey and Chan have each paid up their share.
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Iris Koh and Raymond Ng refuse entry for authorities attempting to seize possessions over Calvin Cheng lawsuit
The authorities on Feb 10 informing Iris Koh and Raymond Ng at their Farrer Park Road flat that their possessions would be seized.
PHOTO: The Straits Times
PUBLISHED ON February 10, 2025 5:35 PMByDavid Sun
SINGAPORE — The court has ordered items belonging to anti-vaccine group founder Iris Koh and her husband Raymond Ng to be seized and sold.
This was after the couple failed to pay up costs ordered in a defamation suit they had filed against former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng that was struck out in December 2024.
Cheng's lawyers and a court sheriff turned up at their home in Farrer Park Road at about 10.20am on Feb 10.
They attempted to execute an enforcement order for the seizure of Koh and Ng's possessions but were unsuccessful as the couple did not let them into their Housing Board flat.
Forced entry is not typically exercised by the sheriff on the first attempt at execution, but it may be used, if necessary, on subsequent attempts.
Koh, 48, and Ng, 51, along with former Progress Singapore Party member Brad Bowyer, Bevan Tey and Chan Swee Cheong, had previously filed a defamation suit against Cheng over comments he made on Facebook in June 2024 that criticised people spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines.
The suit was struck out after the judge found that it was an abuse of court processes, and it was in the interest of justice to strike it out.
Ng, Tey and Chan were ordered to pay Cheng a total of $2,500 plus goods and services tax (GST) in costs.
Additionally, the judge said the alleged defamatory statements were also not clearly defamatory, and ordered the five of them, including Koh and Bowyer, to pay Cheng a total of $8,000 plus GST in costs.
Bowyer, Tey and Chan have each paid up their share.
