MONTHS before she went missing, Datin Seri Pamela Ling, the wife of a prominent Sarawakian businessman sued her estranged husband in Singapore, accusing him of forging her signature to obtain her shares in a Singapore company, the Straits Times reported.
Datuk Seri Thomas Hah, 56, responded with a counterclaim, accusing his wife of wrongfully seizing control of his company, which owns six commercial properties in Singapore.
The court later found that Hah, the founder of Malaysian conglomerate Joinland Group, was the beneficial owner of Multi Galaxy Pte Ltd, and that Ling’s registered shares were held in trust for him.
The judge ruled that Ling had wrongfully transferred 279,650 shares, or 55.93 per cent of the company, to herself in December 2023 and that her removal of Hah as director was invalid.
She was also ordered to repay S$203,281.68 that she had transferred from Hah’s bank account and S$155,903.23 in rental proceeds from two jointly-owned properties in Lincoln Road and Upper East Coast Road.
On Oct 21, the High Court granted judgment in Hah's favour after a one-day trial.
Hah testified via video link from Malaysia while two of his employees took the stand in person.
On April 9, Ling, 42, was reportedly abducted in Putrajaya, while she was on her way to give a statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in relation to a corruption and money-laundering investigation involving her and her husband.
Her disappearance made national headlines after her brother released a statement to the media on May 2.
The couple, who married in 2001 and have three children, had filed for divorce separately — she in Singapore in August 2023 and he in Malaysia that December. - November 3, 2025
