SINGAPORE – The woman who verbally abused a deaf and mute cleaner at the Jem shopping mall food court on Friday (June 3), is apparently someone well known to property agents in a bad way.
According to a post made on a Facebook page called Tributes to Dr Goh Keng Swee, the site administrator who identified himself as a property agent said that Madam Fong and her husband were alleged “phony buyers” who bought two to four properties from “Propnex and Huttons agents”.
He also claimed that all of Madam Fong’s husband’s cheques “bounced” as the accounts had already been “closed for his SC & OCBC cheque books”.
The site administrator went on to warn other realtors of Madam Fong and her husband, whose name is allegedly Chong Meng Chew, asking them to “STRICTLY accept ONLY cashier’s order” from the couple.
Another netizen, Alan Koh, claims to work for a property developer and commented on the thread that the couple started making their rounds at showflats over a decade ago.
He wrote: “They have made a name for themselves…didn’t know they made a return…this time with a vengeance.”
Madam Fong earned netizen’s vitriol for her verbally abusive rant against the cleaner after he misunderstood her and cleared her food before she had finished eating.
Facebook video screengrabs
She proceeded to call him names, saying that he was better off being a “beggar” after his supervisor told her he was handicapped.
Video footage of the incident was posted by Euphemia Lee on Facebook and has since been viewed over 1.5 million times.
The address and mobile phone numbers of the couple was also provided in the post, although it was later masked.
However, forum users on a thread in Hardware Zone, uploaded screenshots of the the couple’s home address and mobile phone numbers.
According to The Independent, Facebook user Dave Teo also identified the couple, saying that they allegedly went around viewing “show flat(s) and placed 5% deposit(s) (which eventually bounced)”. He added that they couple would allegedly also ask the “closing” realtor to treat them to an expensive dinner.
Some Facebook users replied to Dave Teo’s post, seemingly affirming his account.
According to Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News, Madam Fong explained her actions on Sunday (June 5), saying that she had been down with the flu and had gone to the foodcourt for lunch after leaving work early.
She also claimed that her food had been contaminated by dirty objects. However, before she could take a photo of her food to lodge a complaint, the cleaner had removed it.
In the report, Madam Fong further added that she was not apologising for the incident and that she was not to be blamed.
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