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January 21, 2021
Ms Lim Siew Ling said said her sister-in-law disparaged her in front of business associates and customers at the wake.
Lianhe Zaobao
SINGAPORE - A widow, who took over a family-owned car dealership from her late husband, told the High Court on Tuesday (Jan 19) that one of his sisters called her a rotten and cheap woman after throwing a bunch of bananas at her during her father-in-law s funeral wake.
Ms Lim Siew Ling, 48, said the Mandarin words used by her sister-in-law Neo Choon Sian were insulting , as it meant that she was an immoral woman with many sex partners.
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Woman sues late hubby’s sister for alleged insult at wake
Ms Lim Siew Ling (left) is suing her sister-in-law Neo Choon Sian and her husband Heng Hong Hing (right) for defamation at her father-in-law s wake and on two occasions at the office of their family-owned car dealership in 2018. PHOTOS: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Defamation suit arose from dispute in shareholdings of family s car dealership firm
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A widow who took over a family-owned car dealership from her husband told the High Court yesterday that one of his sisters called her a rotten and cheap woman after throwing a bunch of bananas at her during her father-in-law s funeral wake.