--- title: "Dad & Son Fly All The Way From China To S’pore To Confront M’sian Over Failed RM57K Investment" url: https://weirdkaya.com/dad-son-confront-msian-over-failed-rm57k-investment/ date: 2026-11-12 modified: 2026-11-12 lang: en author: "Sarah Yeoh" description: "Angry that their hard-earned money had gone down the drain, a Chinese father-son duo travelled thousands of miles just to accost the individual they believe was responsible. However, their rash..." categories: - "Society" tags: - "Assault" - "Singapore" - "work permit" image: https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/Assault-over-work-permit-deal-cover-image.png word_count: 565 --- # Dad & Son Fly All The Way From China To S’pore To Confront M’sian Over Failed RM57K Investment ## TL: DR - **Gao Yong and:** his son Gao Zhenhan fly from China to Singapore on October 14 to confront a 35-year-old Malaysian over a failed S$18,000 (approx. RM57,000) investment. - **The Straits Times:** reports that the duo invest in a Kent Ridge Medical Centre beverage shop, but the Malaysian declines a refund after work permits fail. - **VivoCity security officers:** contact the police after the duo punch and tie the victim inside his car, leading to a 10-week jail sentence for assault. **Angry that their hard-earned money had gone down the drain, a Chinese father-son duo travelled thousands of miles just to accost the individual they believe was responsible.** However, their rash actions cost them dearly as they now have to spend weeks in jail after pleading guilty to assault. ## Poured in RM57K for investment According to [The Straits Times](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/father-son-pair-jailed-they-flew-to-singapore-and-assaulted-businessman-over-deal-turned-sour), Gao Yong and his son Gao Zhenhan had plans to open a shop in Singapore and contacted a Singaporean in April to secure work permits. ![Singapore work permit](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/Singapore-work-permit.png)For illustration purposes only, Photo via [Rikvin](https://www.rikvin.com/blog/latest-changes-to-the-singapore-employment-pass/) The Singaporean contact referred the younger Gao to the victim, a 35-year-old Malaysian who was looking for investors for his businesses in Singapore. In May, the younger Gao and the victim held discussions, which led to the victim giving his personal details, including his identification number and photographs of himself, to the former. The victim also invited the younger Gao to invest in one of his beverage shops located in Kent Ridge Medical Centre. **Pleased by the prospect, the Gaos sold their family car and took bank loans to invest S$18,000 (approx. RM57,000) in the business.** ![Singapore dollars 1](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/singapore-dollars-1-1.png)For illustration purposes only, Photo via Canva ## On the hunt Unfortunately, the victim later had a piece of bad news: the work permit applications weren't approved. In response, the Gaos asked for a refund on their investment, but the victim declined to do so. ##### Incensed, the Gaos took a flight from China to Singapore on Oct 14. Upon arriving, they headed to the Kent Ridge Medical Centre shop to look for the victim. However, they couldn't locate him and spent the night sleeping on the streets as they didn't book a hotel for their stay. ![Man sleeping on the street](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/Man-sleeping-on-the-street.png)For illustration purposes only, Photo via Canva The next day, the duo continued searching for the victim at the shop but still couldn't find him. They then took a train to VivoCity to have a meal, where they finally caught sight of the victim working at a stall in a food court at the mall. When the Gaos approached the victim, he walked towards his car in the carpark, leading the duo to follow him. ## Assault When the victim arrived at his car, the older Gao sprinted towards him and and swung his hand towards the victim's head before pushing him into the car. ![Man](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/mans-hand-curled-into-a-fist-1.png)For illustration purposes only, Photo via Canva The older Gao then proceeded to pin the victim against the seat to prevent his escape, with his son joining in afterwards. For the next one-and-a-half minutes, the Gaos confronted the victim regarding the investment while raining down punches on him. The older Gao also tied the victim's neck to the headrest of the seat using a long rope before he and his son continued to punch the victim. ##### When the Gaos demanded that the victim pay them 200,000 yuan (approx. RM12,200), the latter refused and offered S$5,000 (approx. RM15,800). However, when this offer was rejected, the victim offered S$10,000 (approx. RM31,700), only to have it rejected once more. ![singapore dollar](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/link-preview-360-23.png)For illustration purposes only, Photo via Canva ## Duo arrested Thankfully, two security officers happened to pass by and when they realised what had transpired, they contacted the police. The Gaos were eventually arrested for assaulting the victim, who suffered superficial injuries on his face, neck and shoulders. In court, the Gaos pleaded guilty to assault charges and were jailed for 10 weeks. **READ [ALSO](https://weirdkaya.com/why-are-you-staring-spore-man-jailed-18-months-caned-4-times-for-attacking-msian-who-stared-at-him/):** https://weirdkaya.com/why-are-you-staring-spore-man-jailed-18-months-caned-4-times-for-attacking-msian-who-stared-at-him/ --- ![Check Us out at WhatsApp now!](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/cta-whatsapp-v2.jpg)Join us at [WhatsApp ](https://bit.ly/WhatsAppWeirdKaya)now! ---