The former husband of model and TV presenter Daphne Eleanor Iking today admitted having relations with a guest relations officer (GRO) from China while Iking was conceiving.

Ryan Chong Yiing Yih, 32, said the relationship lasted for only one month and he had made a confession to Iking personally in July 2007 when she was conceiving.

Giving his testimony at the magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur, he said he made the confession as he felt what he had done was wrong.

He said he had met the woman, Serena, at a karaoke club.

NONE Chong, a businessman, and Iking were married on Jan 27, 2007 in Bali, in Indonesia and the couple has a daughter before their divorce in 2009.

Chong is the first witness in his private suit against former Adidas managing director Darren Choy Khin Ming, 45, who is charged with enticing Iking, 31 ( right ), with the intention of having intercourse with her at a condominium, The Plaza, Jalan Wan Kadir, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, between July 2007 and September 2008.

Choy is being charged under Section 498 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of two years, or a fine or both, upon conviction.

Questioned by counsel Jagjit Singh (representing Choy) during cross-examination, Chong said that his ex-wife communicated with Serena through a blog site.

However, Chong denied having paid Ren Minbi (RMB) 2 million (Chinese currency) to Serena so as not to expose the matter (affair) and disagreed with Jagjit’s contention that his trip to Shanghai in July 2007 was to settle the matter.

‘I wanted to save my marriage’

“I went there to submit my resignation letter to a real estate company there and wanted to save my marriage,” he said.

Meanwhile, when asked by Jagjit about the letter demanding RM5 million from Choy, Chong said it was the earliest letter dated Oct 17, 2008 but after negotiations between their lawyers, the sum was reduced to RM2.5 million.

He said the demand was made so that the case (enticing someone else’s wife) would not be taken to court and that he had also demanded RM1 million from Iking for conceiving a child that was not his while they were still married.

The case before magistrate Engku Ahmad Rashdi Engku Abdillah continues on March 4, next year.

- Bernama