Datuk Sieh Kok Chi has lodged a police report against a former national athlete and another individual, claiming that a million-ringgit property belonging to his disabled daughter and the Olympian, had been transferred to the latter without his knowledge.
Sieh, in his Feb 24 report, said ex-national walker Yuan Yu Fang, had requested assistance in purchasing a property in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, in April 2012.
He agreed to purchase the property jointly with Yuan by paying RM1,462,607.40, and assisted Yuan in obtaining a bank loan of RM1.5 million as part of the consideration to own half of the property.
“I then decided to give the half share of my property to my daughter (Sieh Shen-Nern). The Sale and Purchase agreement to purchase the property was signed between my daughter and Yuan, on May 8, 2012,” Sieh, who turns 83 in November, said in his report.
Shen-Nern, 47, is physically impaired and intellectually disabled.
Sieh, in his report, said he allowed Yuan to operate her business at the property, and that he, since the property had been acquired, had not received any payment of rent.
“On or around December 2020, I discovered that the half share of the property, registered under my daughter’s name, had been transferred to Yuan in October 2019. This transfer was made pursuant to an alleged Power of Attorney dated March 13, 2014, in which both my daughter and I have no knowledge of.”
Sieh claimed the signature on the alleged Power of Attorney was not his daughter’s. The alleged Power of Attorney was witnessed by a Lu Lam Chin @ Lan Chen. Lu is a lawyer with Shah Alam-based Lan Chen & Associates.
“As my daughter is intellectually disabled, she clearly does not understand what a Power of Attorney is. Therefore, I believe there has been an act of fraud by Lan, by assisting to bear false witness, claiming that my daughter voluntarily executed the alleged Power of Attorney and fully understood the contents and the effects of the alleged Power of Attorney, and Yuan, in fabricating my daughter’s signature and transfer (sic) my daughter’s half share of the property without consideration.”
Sieh, on Feb 8, made a statutory declaration regarding the matter.
He has been in hospital since Wednesday following a lung infection.
Copies of the police report, statutory declaration, and copies of cheques for the initial payment of the shophouse were made available to members of the press earlier today.
Sieh was a former national water polo player and earned his reputation in the sporting scene by serving as Olympic Council of Malaysia secretary.
Born in China, Yuan is a naturalised athlete who went on to represent Malaysia at numerous sporting events, including the Asian Games, World Championships, and the Olympics.
‘No basis for complaint’
Yuan told Twentytwo13: “I don’t know about this (case). I need to check with my lawyers. Please give me time.”
Yuan’s lawyer Jacky Loi Yap Loong of T.Y. Teh & Partners, dismissed the allegations made by Sieh.
“There is no basis for this complaint. There is no fraud involved,” said Loi.
Twentytwo13 later sighted two letters from Loi to investigating officer Inspector Nik Nir Sulikha Nik Salleh from the Dang Wangi Commercial Crime Investigation Division dated June 16 and July 28.
In the first letter, it was explained that Yuan had known Sieh since 1996, and that she and her husband, Li Daizhi, enjoyed a close relationship with Sieh, and had often cared for Shen-Nern.
It was also stated that Yuan and Li had often obtained donations and sponsorships from other national Olympic councils “including, but not limited to, Brazil and Korea, to support activities and initiatives organised by Sieh, regardless through OCM or in his own capacity.”
These donations had brought a lot of benefits and profits to Sieh. In addition to caring for his daughter, Sieh agreed to share the profits with Yuan and Li.
The seven-page letter dated June 16, claimed that as Yuan wanted to purchase the property in 2012, it was Sieh who suggested his daughter’s name be included in the Sale and Purchase agreement, and that he fork out the initial payment of some RM1.45 million, considering Yuan’s past assistance and profit agreed upon, which was still kept by Sieh.
Once the transaction to purchase the property was completed, it was claimed that Shen-Nern would give the full Power of Attorney to Yuan.
A report from the Chemistry Department was attached with the letter dated July 28. The report, which was signed off by document examiner Muhammad Rafiuddin Jailani, examined Shen-Nern’s signature in the Power of Attorney dated March 13, 2014, and her other signatures on the Charge Annexure (dated May 16, 2013), Property Purchase Agreement (Jan 31, 2013), Property Sale Agreement (Jan 31, 2013) a Hong Leong Islamic Bank Bhd letter (June 8, 2012) and a Statutory Declaration (June 10, 2013).
“On comparison, I found that the signature in question showed some similarities in handwriting characteristics as the specimen signatures. As such, and due to the limited handwriting characteristics, I am of the opinion that the possibility of this handwriting in question, being written by the writer of the specimens cannot be ruled out,” Muhammad Rafiuddin concluded in his report.
It is understood that Sieh has initiated a civil suit against Yuan.
