Also known as the "Sheng Siong Ah Ma".
\n\nNg Lye Poh, the mother of Sheng Siong founders, has died.
\n\nAccording to the obituary, Ng passed away on Sep. 5 at 7:20am at the age of 91.
\n\nNg, also known as the "Sheng Siong Ah Ma", was the victim of a high-profile kidnapping case in 2014.
\n\nShe was remembered as an easy going and affable person.
\n\nSpeaking to Lianhe Zaobao at the wake, her second son Lim Hock Chee said that the bereavement money will be donated to charity.
\n\nLim also recalled the kidnapping case, describing it as nerve-racking when he received the call from the kidnapper.
\n\nOn Jan. 8, 2014, Ng was kidnapped by Lee Sze Yong and demanded S$20 million in ransom.
\n\nLee told the court he had planned this for over two years after falling into S$200,000 in debt, CNA reported.
\n\nHe decided that kidnapping Ng would help him, his mother, and his partner, Heng Chen Boon, be financially better off.
\n\nAfter going through Forbes magazine's "Singapore's richest" list for potential targets, he settled on Lim Hock Chee, who was worth S$500 million at the time.
\n\nLee spent months gathering information.
\n\nOn the morning of the incident, Lee…
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