{"id":46605,"date":"2021-12-13T17:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T09:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/?p=46605"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:35:27","slug":"naturalised-singaporean-former-preschool-owner-buying-restricted-property-chinese-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/naturalised-singaporean-former-preschool-owner-buying-restricted-property-chinese-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturalised Singaporean former preschool owner back in limelight for buying restricted property for Chinese national"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>On 13 December 2021, the Singapore court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/chinese-national-charged-appointing-singaporean-purchase-restricted-property-2375776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> Chinese national &#8211; Chen Xiaopu, 39 &#8211; for allegedly getting a Singaporean &#8211; Song Fanrong &#8211; to buy restricted property in Singapore on his behalf in 2014. The property in question is a landed freehold unit in Ang Mo Kio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/houses\/belgravia-villas-deUW5jyrsNbVvSyAdq9RtCck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belgravia Villas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Song allegedly offered to buy the property first and then transfer ownership to Chen once he obtains Singapore citizenship or permanent residency. Police said that Chen &#8220;purportedly accepted the offer and made a partial payment to the Singaporean nominee&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing Singapore Land Authority&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sla.gov.sg\/property-boundary-n-ownership\/foreign-ownership-of-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">site<\/a>, a foreign person who wishes to purchase a landed residential property must first seek approval under the <a href=\"http:\/\/sso.agc.gov.sg\/Act\/RPA1976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Residential Property Act<\/a> before he or she can buy certain properties.<\/p>\n<p>These restricted properties include vacant residential land, terrace houses, semi-detached houses, bungalows, detached houses, strata landed houses that are not within an approved condominium development and non-commercial shophouse.<\/p>\n<p>While this particular report did not explain how the Singaporean buyer &#8211; Song Fanrong &#8211; first got in trouble with Chen, this earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/embroiled-in-9m-suit-kindergarten-owner-jailed-for-contempt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Straits Times article<\/a> from 2017 did.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Miss Song Fanrong, 49, is a naturalised Singapore citizen who is originally from China, and was sued for S$9.5m by three Chinese businessmen &#8211; one of whom is Chen Xiaopu &#8211; for alleged fraud. The three men were friends who made their millions in real estate and had signed contracts with Song to help them move to Singapore under a purported scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The businessmen alleged that this &#8220;supposed scheme&#8221; required at least $500,000 worth of investments in a Singapore company. So one of them paid more than $610,000 to Song. Another invested $798,500 in Song&#8217;s kindergarten business, while Chen paid $2.1m. The three also claimed that Song persuaded them to buy four semi-detached units at Belgravia Villas, which led to the recent charge on Chen.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, we can tell why owning one of these units would appeal to the businessmen.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 200 Belgravia Drive, off Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, the luxurious residential development resides in a quiet neighbourhood within District 28 (Yio Chu Kang, Seletar). It consists of a cluster of 18 semi-detached houses and 100 terrace houses with each plot having two parking lots each.<\/p>\n<p>Completed in 2018, the cluster of freehold landed units offer quite a range of facilities, including numerous swimming pools, lounges and gardens. The property is close to Fernvale MRT and schools like Da Qiao, Serangoon Garden Secondary and Rosyth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46612\" style=\"width: 726px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/deDZVnNC5kMRPNJvrD4Tph.jpg\" class=\"img-link media-img img-link media-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/deDZVnNC5kMRPNJvrD4Tph.jpg\" alt=\"Belgravia Villas\" width=\"726\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/deDZVnNC5kMRPNJvrD4Tph.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/deDZVnNC5kMRPNJvrD4Tph-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belgravia Villas (Artist&#8217;s impression)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46617\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/graph-1-1.png\" class=\"img-link media-img img-link media-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/graph-1-1.png\" alt=\"Belgravia Villas psf price\" width=\"701\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/graph-1-1.png 701w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/graph-1-1-150x154.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When Chen got Song to buy the freehold landed unit at Belgravia Villas in 2014, the average psf price then was at around S$850. It has since appreciated by about 3.4% to almost S$900 psf. The high sales volume in 2017 is probably due to the development nearing its completion in 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the three businessmen alleged that Song misled them into the belief that she could help them apply for Singapore permanent residency or citizenship, through her connections, including as a chairman of a government-supported association founded by Sun Yat-sen and that her Singaporean husband, Teo Kuei Yang, 52, was the brother of the Deputy PM.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, as Chairman of Friedrich Frobel Holding, Song made a personal donation of <a href=\"https:\/\/scontent-sin6-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t31.18172-8\/15625805_976204632512811_4293893757170986531_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&amp;cb=c578a115-7e291d1f&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=730e14&amp;_nc_ohc=m_i7EwjbnwAAX-47o3L&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sin6-1.xx&amp;oh=951511f74eb25a61bb74229c92dfad5e&amp;oe=61DCC2CE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S$1m worth of Friedrich Frobel Holding&#8217;s shares<\/a> to support Sian Chay Medical Institution&#8217;s charity causes.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, when the three Chinese businessmen found out that the agreements had no legal stature, and the minimum investment under the actual scheme was only S$50,000, they filed charges against her for fraudulent misrepresentation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a court order to freeze her assets under the Mareva injunction, Song went ahead to sell 2 per cent of her stake in her kindergarten business &#8211; which included the 8 Buttercups and Frobel preschools in Pasir Panjang, Rochester Drive, Kallang, Woodlands and a few other locations. This led to her punishment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leenlee.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-0913-Case-Update-on-Song-Fanrong-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contempt of court and jail sentencing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.theasianparent.com\/kallang-preschool-closure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden closure of several of her preschools<\/a> in September 2017 resulted in affected parents and kids looking for alternative preschools and refunds &#8211; including assistance from MacPherson MP Tin Pei Ling for those affected in her ward. By October, four more preschools were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecda.gov.sg\/PressReleases\/pages\/closure-of-preschools-under-friedrich-frobel-holding-pte-ltd.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shuttered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Later on in November that year, Song was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/pre-school-owner-gets-another-month-of-jail-for-flouting-court-order-husband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punished with an additional month of jail time<\/a> for trying to sell her kindergarten business again. This time, her husband, Teo, was also found guilty of contempt and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elitigation.sg\/gdviewer\/SUPCT\/gd\/2018_SGHC_102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced to two weeks&#8217; jail<\/a>. The couple has two children, aged 14 and 15. Song had applied for bankruptcy earlier that same month.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, if the three businessmen had urgently wanted to buy landed property in Singapore, they probably should have considered Sentosa Cove, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/app1.sla.gov.sg\/ldau\/Application\/FAQs.aspx?ID=c6nEfGCq%2FR4ULau%2BxteKmg%3D%3D&amp;TYPE=XmqWmx2s7Ik%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exempt from the restriction<\/a>. For foreigners, the Sentosa Cove property must not exceed 1,800 sqm (19,375 sqft) and be purchased solely for their own occupation and members of their family.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, they could have just looked at private condominiums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Any thoughts on this case? Let us know in the comments section below or on our Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/99dotco\/posts\/2163024110517725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you found this article helpful, 99.co recommends\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/ok-lim-hin-leong-bukit-timah-gcb-sold-s33-39-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O.K Lim\u2019s Bukit Timah GCB to be sold for S$33.39 million<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/sentosa-cove-homes-novena-global-healthcare-co-founder-for-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentosa Cove homes of Novena Global Healthcare co-founder put up for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Looking for a property? Find the home of your dreams today on Singapore\u2019s fastest-growing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/?utm_source=blog%20main%20site%20conversion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">property portal 99.co<\/a>! 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