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A lawyer for a dementia-stricken Singaporean widow who claims to have been swindled out of her fortune by a Chinese tour guide is launching legal action to get it back.
The lawyer acting for Chung Khin Chun, 87, has applied to have a decision to give power of attorney over her affairs to Chinese national Yang Yin revoked.
The legal document, granted in 2012, gave Yang authority over the widow's S$40 million (HK$244 million) fortune.
In August Chung's niece launched her own court proceedings to strip Yang, 40, of the power-of-attorney, alleging he had manipulated her aunt to wrest control of her wealth.
The saga has attracted widespread interest in Singapore, where anti-immigrant sentiment is simmering due to the presence of a large number of foreigners.
Yang was a tourist guide when he first met Chung in China in 2008 and later developed a friendship with the woman, who eventually allowed him to live in her Singaporean home with his wife and two children.
Singaporean police arrested Yang on September 17 for "suspected criminal breach of trust" and the Chinese national is currently out on bail.
The city-state's immigration authorities have also launched an investigation into Yang's status as a permanent resident.
The lawyer for Chung, a retired physiotherapist, said she wants back full control of her assets.
Chung said she could not remember details about her relationship with Yang.
She was diagnosed with dementia this year, but lawyers representing her and her niece said a psychiatric assessment done last week found that she had the mental capacity to revoke the powers given to Yang.
Her assets include a vacant suburban bungalow worth S$30 million.
Local media have reported Yang is staying with a friend in Singapore, while his wife and two children - who had moved in to the bungalow last year - have returned to China.
Chung now lives with her niece Mok, who owns a travel agency.


Singaporean widow, 87, in HK$244m battle to get fortune back from Chinese tour guide

Chinese national Yang Yin flanked by Chung Khin Chun (left) and a friend in Beijing in 2008. Photo: Courtesy of Hedy Mok

Singaporeans riled over manipulation of wealthy widow by Chinese man

Mr Yang Yin first met Madam Chung Khin Chun (left) and Madam Chang Phie Chin in Beijing in 2008. Mr Yang was their private tour guide then. Photo: Madam Hedy Mok

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Multimillionaire who's stricken with dementia swindled by Chinese tour guide, lawyer says


A lawyer for a dementia-stricken Singaporean widow who claims to have been swindled out of her fortune by a Chinese tour guide is launching legal action to get it back.


Singaporean widow, 87, in HK$244m battle to get fortune back from Chinese tour guide

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Multimillionaire who's stricken with dementia swindled by Chinese tour guide, lawyer says