S'porean actor, 45, accused of fraud & forgery, cheating e2i of S$14,400

Editor's note: A previous version of this story erroneously listed Chew Chui Shien as a man. The error has been corrected.

Local actor Haden Hee, who also founded commercial kitchen and Korean food supplier Hanguk Kitchen, is facing six charges including fraud and forgery.

Charge sheets seen by Mothership stated Hee allegedly abetted and instigated a woman, Chew Chui Shien, to create false contracts and payslips for two persons with the purpose of defrauding the Employment and Employability Institute of S$14,400 in training grants.

At the time of the incident, Chew, 53, was the company's sales director, Shin Min Daily News reported.

The offences took place from April 2018 to January 2019.

Forgery for purpose of cheating

Sometime between April 2018 and November 2018, he allegedly abetted Chew to commit forgery for the purpose of cheating.

Charge sheets stated that he instigated Chew to forge an employment contract purportedly between Hanguk Kitchen Pte Ltd and a man named Jimmy Hee.

This allegedly fake contract stipulated that Jimmy was employed by Hanguk as a chief brands development officer.

False payslips

During this period, Hee, who at the time was a director of Hanguk, is said to have abetted Chew to make four false payslips.

Charge sheets stated that this was allegedly done wilfully and with intent to defraud.

The allegedly fake payslips indicated that Jimmy held the position of chief brands development officer from July 2018 to October 2018 and received an increment of S$500 for the month of October 2018.

These were facts that Hee, then 43, allegedly knew to be false.

Forged another employment contract

Charge sheets stated that sometime between May 2018 and January 2019, Hee allegedly abetted Chew to once again commit forgery for the purpose of cheating.

This time, he allegedly instigated Chew to forge an employment contract purportedly between Hanguk Kitchen Pte Ltd and one Natasha Low.

This was reportedly done with the intention of causing it to be believed that Low had signed it to confirm her employment by Hanguk as a marketing and copywriting manager.

Within the same time period, Hee allegedly abetted Chew to make fake payslips for Low for the months of May to August 2018, including an increment of S$1,000 for the month of August.

Claim for grant disbursement

Charge sheets added that sometime before Nov. 2, 2018, Hee allegedly abetted Chew to cheat Employment and Employability Institute Pte Ltd (e2i).

Hee was said to have instigated Chew, as Hanguk Kitchen's representative, to submit a claim to e2i for grant disbursements under the Professional Conversion Programme.

This was in relation to the training of the man for the position of chief brands development officer, using supporting documents which Hee allegedly knew to be false.

Hee apparently did so to deceive e2i that Hanguk had fulfilled the conditions for the said grant.

e2i subsequently processed the claim and delivered S$6,000 of grant money to Hanguk Kitchen.

Hee and Chew then did the same for Low.

In her case, e2i processed the claim and delivered S$8,400 of grant money to Hanguk Kitchen.

Shin Min reported that Chew was sentenced to five months' jail in February 2026.

Hee reportedly not living at residence for many years

When Shin Min visited Hee's residence, a female domestic worker who did not want to be interviewed said Hee had not lived there for many years.

Neighbours who lived nearby pointed out that while they initially saw Hee entering and leaving the unit, they believed he had moved out and his parents were the ones who lived there.

Shin Min reported that according to the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority's (ACRA) records, Hee was a director of four companies in the food and beverage industry.

He had previously been a director and manager of 12 companies, mainly spanning the food and beverage industry.

Hee is out on a bail and his case will be heard again on Oct. 5.