Statement by Ms.Esther Low Ah Eng

On 26th September, 1981, I and Mr.Ong Ka Ting was registered as husband and wife, Our wadding dinner was held on 11th July, 1982.

Both of us are very active in MCA politic in Wilayah Persekutuan and nationally. Immediately after we got married, Mr.Ong Ka Ting asked me not to be too active in MCA politic and asked me to concentrate in business and to support him financially.

When we got married, Mr.Ong Ka Ting was a teacher in a secondary school in Kuala Selangor, In 1983 Mr.Ong Ka Ting was transferred to Catholic High School in Petaling Jaya. In 1986 Mr.Ong Ka Ting resigned as a teacher and became Datuk Ling Liong Sik's Personal Assistant.

On 2nd August, 1982, Mr.Ong Ka Ting and my brother set up a Direst selling company called B.B.W (M) Sdn. Bhd. (hereinafter referred to as the company). At that time, I held $1 share in trust for Mr.Ong Ka Ting.

Mr.Ong Ka Ting was poor at that time and I had to support him. Mr.Ong Ka Ting tried to raise fund from members of his family and friend to join the company in order to make up the company capital.

Mr.Ong Ka Ting managed to got $100,000-00 from members of his family and friends. As at 9th August, 1982, the share holdings of the company were as follows:-

• Ong Kah Ming (brother of Ong Ka Ting) 36,000 shares
• Ong Kim Seng (brother of Ong Ka Ting) 3,000 shares
• Eng Watt Lian (sister of Ong Ka Ting) 3,000 shares
• Ong Wai Kwai (sister of Ong Ka Ting) 20,000 shares
• Ong Ka Ting 18,000 shares
• Ng Chee Chuan (Ong Ka Ting's friend) 10,000 shares
• Shum Seng Kam (Ong Ka Ting's friend) 5,000 shares
• Low Ah Eng 1 shares
• Lau Choon Bok 1 shares
• Teng Gaik Kwan 5,000 shares

During the first meeting of the company's Board of Director, Mr.Ong Ka Ting insisted that he should be present by invitation as he was the key person behind the company. During the said meeting Mr.Ong Ka Ting insisted that I am to be the managing Director of the company. It was resolved at the said meeting that I am the Managing Director.

At the said meeting a resolution was passed to make Mr. Ong Ka Ting as one of the signatory of the company bank account No: 1403911166-1 in Malayan Banking Bhd at Jalan Sultan, KL, and Public Bank Bhd at Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya.

At the said meeting it was also resolved that the bungalow house of my brother, Mr. Low Kim Hoo, to be charged to the bank to get overdraft facilities. This was subsequently carried out.

I was asked by Mr. Ong Ka Ting to be a guarantor for the banking facilities. I signed as a guarantor with Malayan Baking Bhd. for the sum of $80,000-00 overdraft, $40,000-00 Trust Receipt and $165,000-00 Letter of Credit. All the other four director are also signed as guarantor.

On 16th August, 1982, Mr. Ong Ka Ting and my brother represented the company to execute an Agency Agreement with Bayerische Stahl Geschirr Werke GmbH in Germany.

Mr. Ong Ka Ting was the Chairman of the company at all material time when he was still a government servant. On 28th April, 1983, Mr. Ong Ka Ting's brother, Mr. Ong Kim Seng, confirmed in writing that Mr. Ong Ka Tong was an active principal of the company.

During and after our marriage, I was supporting Mr. Ong Ka Ting financially including accommodation, meals, road tax, insurance, marriage expenses and etc.

I even bought a car bearing registration WV1127 for Mr.Ong Ka Ting's used. Mr.Ong Ka Ting asked me to buy a new motor bike and tender a registration number WAL 1000, which I duly did. This was done because he wanted to change the car registration number to WAL1000.

Sometime in December 1983, Mr.Ong Ka Ting came back to the company office with $18,000-00 cash monies with him and he told me that Mr.Tan Koon Swan gave him the said monies at his office, Mr.Ong Ka Ting also told me that Mr.Tan Koon Swan has alot of cash in his office cabinet.

Mr.Ong Ka Ting gave the said $18,000-00 in order to pay for the purchase of all the company shares of Mr.Ng Chee Chuan and Ms.Teng Gaik Kwan. At that material time Mr.Ong Ka Ting has not got the monies to pay for the said shares.

After we got divorce in October 1985, (early 1986) Mr.Ong Ka Ting asked me to transfer the said car to his name in order to get a loan from JKR. At this ime Mr.Ong Ka Ting was the Personal Assistant to Datuk Ling Liong Sik. Mr.Ong Ka Ting told me that be needed fund to survive. For old time sake I sympathised with him and signed the MV3 Vehicle Transfer Form to him. I even gave 2000 Arab Malaysian Finance Bhd share to him in order to help him.

I Know for a fact that the said car has been sold by him but he did not give the proceeds of sale to me.

Now I have been sued by Malayan Banking Bhd as guarantor for the company in the sum of $65,0000-00, I asked a friend to ask Mr.Ong Ka Ting to settle this $65,000 as he was the person behind it and I became a guarantor at his request. Mr.Ong refused to settle and threatened to put me into jail if Ireveal this matter to anyone. Mr.Ong Ka Ting also said that he is in a powerful position to do that and therefore, I should refrain from asking him to settle of put pressure on him to settle or to reveal this whole matter.

I want the people to know the real Mr.Ong Ka Ting.

Dated 22nd October, 1992



Ms.Esther Low Ah Eng


witnessed by:
Encik Ahmad Maarip Bin A Rani
I/C No: 290****