Woman's suicide likely triggered by lawsuits filed against her, court hears

A woman who died by suicide was likely triggered by lawsuits filed against her and mounting legal fees, a coroner's court heard on Nov 7.

- Samuel Devaraj

Ms Geno Ong Kay Yong, 46, who died on Sept 6, was found with two suicide notes. One of them blamed her death on Mr Raymond Ng, who is associated with anti-vaccine group Healing the Divide.

Taken through his report by Deputy Senior State Counsel Teo Lu Jia in court on Nov 7, the senior investigation officer in charge of the case, Inspector Jeremy Kuan, said Ms Ong had also scheduled a Facebook post on the day of her death detailing some of the reasons for taking her own life.

In it, she cited two lawsuits initiated against her by one "RN of Healing the Divide", later established to be referring to Mr Ng.

She said the suits caused her to incur costs, with Mr Ng promising more lawsuits.