Pui Yi claims court awarded her RM4.3mil default judgment against business partner

Malaysian model-actress Ms Puiyi or Siew Pui Yi with her lawyers during press conference after filing a lawsuit against her former business partner for allegedly cheating her of nearly RM4.3mil at her lawyer's office in Green Hall Street, George Town (April 21,2024). —ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Influencer, Siew Pui Yi, 25, claims to have successfully obtained a default judgment of RM4.3mil against her former business partner, Lai Kai Jian, after he failed to appear in court.

Her lawyer, K Mahendran said that the High Court, in its default judgment on July 26, ordered Lai to pay the amount after he was found to have fraudulently deceived Pui Yi under the pretext of settling overdue taxes with the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).