After five years, Madam Herni Fadhillah Saad can now look forward to moving into her own home with her two children.
But only after the Supreme Court yesterday sentenced the former owners to be jailed for contempt of court until further notice.
Madam Herni’s lawyer had applied to the court to have the couple jailed so that he could arrange for the three-room flat to be vacated and allow his client to move in.
The flat in Bedok South Road had been an issue of contention since 2010 when Madam Herni agreed to buy it from Mr Lim Teck Choon and his wife Tan Poh Lee.
But a dispute over the transaction arose, sending both parties to court.
Even after the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the sale of the flat to Madam Herni had to be completed within three months, the couple refused to comply.
Last November, the court ordered them to vacate the flat by December. Again, they refused despite attempts by court bailiffs to evict them.
Source: www.tnp.sg
