TV host to pay wife S$4,000 monthly maintenance
Popular TV host and freelance radio deejay Marcus Chin has been ordered by the court to pay his ex-wife, Yan Wen Lin, S$4,000 a month in maintenance after a four-day hearing.
The 57-year-old was also ordered to pay S$7,000 in costs incurred by his ex-wife in the case.
Yan, who is known by her stage name Murong Ying, told the Family Court that Chin had promised her S$6,000 a month when they separated in October 2008.
However, he reduced the sum to S$1,500 in June 2009 after claiming that he did not have enough money.
Chin argued that his monthly income has been reduced to S$9,000 a month and added that he had stopped performing in getai shows during the Seventh Month since 2009.
But District Judge Brenda Tan felt that his dipped in income was "self-inflicted" after he revealed that his earnings from those shows could come up to six months of his annual salary.
Judge Tan highlighted that Yan has been a housewife and unemployed for the last 10 years and her current earning capacity was unclear. The couple were married for 23 years and have no children.
The judge also noted that Chin now has new responsibilities to maintain his new family before delivering her decision.
Chin is currently in a relationship with his assistant, Eileen Cheah, 25. They have a baby daughter.
