Man to get back $1.1m of $2m he extended to mistress

But court rules woman has to be repaid $245k she had loaned him

Toh Eng Tiah (left) sued Angelina Jiang in the High Court in 2017 for $2 million, which he claimed were loans. ST PHOTOS: WONG KWAI CHOW
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A businessman who gave a woman $2 million, allegedly as a gift if she bore him a daughter, will get back $1.12 million interest-free in 10 years from 2017.

The High Court, in judgment grounds last week, ruled that sums of $250,000 and $872,000 extended by Mr Toh Eng Tiah to his then mistress, Ms Angelina Jiang, were loans and not gifts.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 07, 2020, with the headline Man to get back $1.1m of $2m he extended to mistress. Subscribe