Ms Puiyi files suit against ex-business partner
GEORGE TOWN: Influencer, DJ and actress Siew Pui Yi has filed a civil suit against her former business partner for allegedly cheating her of RM4.3 million between 2022 and 2023.
Siew, better known as Ms Puiyi, filed the suit online through her lawyer K. Mahendren at the High Court here yesterday.
Speaking at her lawyer’s office here yesterday, Siew said she initiated the civil action against the man as he had allegedly cheated and deceived her into handing over about RM4.3 million.
The man was a member of her company’s board of directors, overseeing investments, payroll, and human resources.
“The civil action I filed is to recover the amount defrauded by him. He deceived me by promising that he could resolve my company’s and my personal income tax issues with the Inland Revenue Board,” she said.
“I trusted him and handed over the amount of money to him. I found that he did not resolve my income tax problem.
Due to the actions of the man, Siew said she suffered losses.
Siew had lodged a report at the Northeast district police headquarters on Oct 24 last year.
“The police have started an investigation, and we have given full cooperation to the police.”
Siew met the man through a mutual friend in 2019 and was told that he was a person of integrity and could be trusted as a business partner.
Despite concerns about the man, she trusted him as a director of her company.
After finding that he had failed to resolve the income tax issues, she lodged the report and terminated his services.
Mahendren said the civil suit named the man as the defendant.
“My client is claiming for special damages amounting to RM4 million, costs and other reliefs.”
He said police had recorded his client’s statements a few times.
The report was lodged in Penang as the first transactions were made in the state, he said.