While the other claimants – former Progress Singapore Party politician Bradley Bowyer, Bevan Tey and Chan Swee Cheong – have paid their share, Koh and Ng missed their Dec 30 deadline, Mr Cheng told CNA.
An email from Mr Cheng’s lawyers to the couple, seen by CNA, warned that enforcement and contempt proceedings could proceed if payment was not made by the deadline.
According to the Singapore Courts website, if enforcement fails due to a debtor’s refusal, bailiffs cannot force entry on the first attempt. However, for subsequent attempts, they may engage a locksmith to gain access.
“I will press on. Costs of living are high, and every cent matters,” Mr Cheng wrote in a Facebook post.
Koh, responding to CNA, said she was surprised by the unannounced visit by the court sheriff, Mr Cheng’s lawyer and members of the media without notice from Mr Cheng’s legal team.
She said she had applied for a variation of the court order, a legal process where someone requests the court to modify or change the terms of an existing order.
“We expected the court order to be varied first then (we) pay,” she told CNA.
