A High Court judge ordered the widow and eldest daughter of Dr Khoo Boo Kwee to give an account of the money and to repay the amount found due to the estate. – The Straits Times/ANN
Evelyn Ng and eldest daughter Patricia Khoo, who is the wife of former presidential candidate Tan Jee Say, argued that as the surviving account holders, they now own the entire sum.Justice Lee Seiu Kin agreed with Dr Khoo’s three other children that their father had intended for the money to be distributed according to the terms of his will.
The judge ordered Ng and Patricia Khoo to give an account of the money and to repay the amount found due to the estate.Dr Khoo, a general practitioner who ran his own clinic until he retired, had a son and three daughters with Ng. On Nov 18, 2019, he made several amendments to his will. The only changes related to the accounts were instructions for S$80,000 to be paid to Ng as a cash gift, and an update of the POSB branch address.Patricia Khoo, one of the executors of the will, said the money in the joint accounts should not be included in the assets to be distributed among the four children. Her youngest sister Katherine, the other executor of the will, disagreed.
They contended that by adding their names as joint account holders, Dr Khoo had showed his intention to gift the money to them.