Iking's ex-husband: Child is not mine

Ryan, Daphne, Darren

KUALA LUMPUR - The ex-husband of model and TV presenter Daphne Eleanor Iking told the Magistrate’s Court today that Isobel Daniella Iking-Chong is not his biological child.

Ryan Chong Yiing Yih said that DNA tests had confirmed that Isobel is not his daughter.

Chong said he decided to get tests done after reading e-mail exchanges between former Adidas managing director Darren Choy Khin Ming and Iking.

He said that his suspicions grew when an e-mail from Iking to Choy stated: “Her (Isobel’s) face resembles u more.”

He then took Isobel to a clinic in Petaling Jaya which sent a specimen to Australia to determine Isobel’s biological father.

Chong said that blood tests on himself and Iking showed they both had Type O blood while Isobel had Type A.

He was giving a statement in his private summons against 45-year-old Choy for enticing 31-year-old Iking, with the intent of having sexual intercourse at The Plaza condominium, Jalan Wan Kadir, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, between July 2007 and September 2008.

Iking wed Chong on Jan 27, 2009 in Bali, Indonesia. They divorced in 2009.

If convicted under Section 498 of the Penal Code, Choy faces up to two years in jail, or a fine, or both.

Choy is represented by lawyers Datuk Jagjit Singh and Akberdin Abdul Kader.

Chong told the court that there were many romantic e-mails between Choy and Iking, as well as interactions on Google Chat which he discovered in his former wife’s computer.

He said the e-mails and chats between the two started on September 13, 2006, which was before he married Iking.

“I have proof that Choy had the intention of enticing my ex-wife for sexual intercourse,” he said when asked by his lawyer, Wong Kian Kheong Chong.

Chong, 32, said it was through the e-mails and chats that he knew Iking and Choy planned to holiday together at the Banyan Tree Bintan Resort, Indonesia.

The hearing before Magistrate Engku Ahmad Rashdi Engku Abdillah continues on Monday. — Bernama