The former tour guide from China Yang Yin, who was convicted of misappropriating $1.1 million from a wealthy Singaporean widow, will serve nine years in jail, a longer time than the term given by the State Court in Sep 2016.
The High Court extended the jail term to nine years on Friday (3 March), on grounds that the verdict of the State Courts on Yang was inadequate.
Yang, 42, a Chinese national, was sentenced to six years in jail in September last year for two offenses of criminal breach of trust. It was said that he had misappropriated money entrusted to him by Madam Chung Khin Chun, now 90, in 2010 and 2012.
The prosecutor had asked on September for Yang to be sentenced 10 to 12 years imprisonment and after the verdict was given by the State Court, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) appealed for a longer jail term of 10 to 11 years.
The High Court heard arguments from both the AGC and Yang’s lawyer Irving Choh on Friday.
Yang was also sentenced to jail for two years and two months in September last year for crimes over his immigration status, including falsifying receipts for a sham company in order to stay in Singapore and obtain permanent residency.
His permanent residency was revoked in November last year by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, after the State Courts’ sentence.
Yang also faces a High Court lawsuit brought by Madam Chung’s niece. The niece, Ms Hedy Mok sued Yang for manipulating her aunt into handing over control of her assets estimated to be worth $40 million.
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