Sale of house, death of widow close chapter on Yang Yin cheating case

Seletar property that was nearly lost to swindler in 2014 sells for $13m less than original asking price

- Andrew Wong Correspondent

Madam Chung Khin Chun died at the age of 98 in October. She had been tricked into leaving assets worth about $40 million to a man who was her tour guide in China. The bungalow in Gerald Crescent, which sits on 31,882 sq ft of land, was at the heart of a drama that unfolded in 2014. A former tour guide was found to have convinced the property's elderly owner to will all her assets to him.

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A sprawling bungalow that a former tour guide nearly hustled from its elderly owner was sold for $13 million less than the original asking price.

The sale of the house and the death of the owner, Madam Chung Khin Chun, close the chapter on one of Singapore's most intriguing cases of cheating and criminal breach of trust.

Located in Seletar Hills, the Gerald Crescent property, occupying nearly 32,000 sq ft of land, was snapped up by a developer for $22 million in June.

Madam Chung, a retired physiotherapist, died in October aged 98, just four months after the conclusion of the sale.

A title deed seen by The Straits Times showed the property - with a 999-year lease commencing from 1879 - was purchased by local developer Teambuild Properties.