Sheng Siong bosses' mum dies at 91; son recalls race to raise $2m ransom after bank released only $800k

Ng Lye Poh, mother to the founders of supermarket chain Sheng Siong, has died at the age of 91.She died at home on Saturday (Sept 5) surrounded by family. Thrust into the public eye after being abducted in 2014, Ng was fondly nicknamed "Sheng Siong ah ma", and remembered as someone approachable and kind, reported Lianhe Zaobao.Speaking to Zaobao at Woodlands Memorial, CEO Lim Hock Chee, the 5th of nine children, said his mother liked to patronise markets and had a "voice which arrived before her".Recalling the abduction case in January 2014, Lim said he had experienced a moment of disbelief when kidnapper Lee Sze Yong contacted him and demanded $20 million in ransom for Ng's release.Lee had tricked the elderly woman by telling her that Lim had suffered a fall, and that he was tasked to drive her to the Sheng Siong office. Ng was later blindfolded by Lee and held in the car.