NOC’s Sylvia Chan says firm lost at least S$250,000 in deals amid controversy, claims computer was hacked
SINGAPORE — In just one week after a scandal broke out over its chief executive officer Sylvia Chan, production company Night Owl Cinematics (NOC) has lost business deals worth about S$250,000.
Ms Chan — who is also the co-founder of NOC — revealed this in an almost two-hour interview with YouTuber Wendy Cheng — better known as Xiaxue — which was posted online on Sunday night (Oct 24).
Ms Chan said she believes that her computer was hacked around the time the allegations against her began surfacing on social media a month ago.
“The fact is that we have lost a lot of deals… within the first week, we already lost S$250,000 of deals,” she said. “At this point, I’m just really struggling to keep the company afloat.”
She also suggested that the entire saga is a smear campaign to “completely destroy” her, and that her ex-husband and NOC co-founder Ryan Tan is among the people who would have “something to gain from this”.
During the interview, she responded to accusations that she had misappropriated company funds, withheld employees’ salaries and bartered the sexual services of an NOC “talent” in exchange for courier services for her own chilli sauce business.
Ms Chan, 33, became the subject of a string of accusations that were first posted on the account of an Instagram user called Sgcickenrice.
The Instagram user had published various anonymous allegations from Oct 1, including saying that Ms Chan had been verbally abusive towards one of the company’s employees. Audio recordings of such episodes were posted as well.
On Oct 13, Ms Chan issued a statement on her own social media account saying that she would remove herself from the artists’ team at NOC and apologised for not stepping up to the standards she should have upheld as a leader.
Then, fresh allegations emerged in a blog published on Oct 19 claiming, among other things, that she had bartered sexual services of an NOC “talent” in exchange for courier services and that she had used the company to fund her brother’s salary in order to facilitate his application to be a Singapore permanent resident.
There were also allegations that many of NOC’s employees were overworked, with some regularly working on projects past midnight.
COMPUTER 'HACKED'
Ms Chan said in her interview with Ms Cheng that she believes her computer was hacked at around the same time that these allegations began surfacing.
For instance, the Sgcickenrice Instagram account reported that she had filed a police report just 20 to 30 minutes after she had done so, and she also saw that there were two accounts that had logged into her email that were unfamiliar to her.
Ms Chan questioned the timing of each posting of allegations.
Leading up to the allegations, Ms Chan and Mr Tan, who announced last year that they were ending their 10-year marriage, were in talks with lawyers about a dispute in the company involving Mr Tan’s incorporation of his own venture, Reno King, which produces videos of home interiors.
“And I think it's just very coincidental that it just so happens that me and Ryan are working out our commercial split,” she said.
Mr Tan, who has resigned as NOC’s director, had told TODAY earlier this month that he will be taking steps to tackle the “public relations crisis” the company is facing, and had asked for “kindness and civility” to be extended to those involved in the recent developments.
Ms Chan’s latest claims included allegations that Mr Tan had cheated on her and had eyes on some of the firms’ talents and employees.
TODAY has sought comment from Mr Tan on Ms Chan’s allegations.
RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS
Responding to the allegations of sexual bartering, Ms Chan said: “I know a few logistics bosses, I’ve never asked them to send anything for me at all. There was no barter, and there was no trade.”
She said that she and two other female NOC employees had gone to a house party with the boss of a courier company and his male friends, adding that there is nothing wrong with “introducing girlfriends to really rich guys”.
She was unaware of what happened between her colleagues and the men at the party over the course of the evening, she added.
“I didn’t know that bringing friends to meet other friends is a crime… now it is even being accused as sex trade.”
On the accusation that NOC was being used to fund the pay of her brother Sikeen Chan, Ms Chan said that he had always been an employee at NOC since it was founded.
Ms Chan said that Mr Tan had “always hated” her brother and because of that, she would ask him to work from a different office belonging to NOC, which is why he was not seen often by the other employees.
And on allegations of NOC employees being overworked, Ms Chan said that the media industry in general has “very flexible timings”.
“There are jobs where (the schedule) is really very tight, and then there are seasons where we are slacking around making fun videos, because there are really no clients,” she said.
“(The accusations) make it seem like the whole year is like this (very tight). That’s not true.”
WHAT OTHER INFLUENCERS, CONTENT CREATORS SAY
Several influencers and content creators have responded to Ms Chan’s interview on social media.
Ms Cherylene Chan, a content creator under Titan Digital Media and also Mr Tan’s present girlfriend, said in a post on her Instagram account on Monday: “So next time, to get people to believe me after spouting blatant lies, I just have to cry?”
Ms Chan had choked up with emotion at various points of the interview.
YouTuber Preeti Nair said in a Twitter post on Monday that the saga has been “just a painfully messy divorce and a very public fight over assets and everyone else (is) collateral damage”.
Ms Nair was named in the anonymous blog post on Oct 19, which included screenshots of a conversation between Ms Chan and an NOC employee, in which Ms Chan allegedly called Ms Nair derogatory names such as “rhinoceros”.
Addressing the authors of the anonymous blog post, Ms Nair said: “Y’all really could’ve given me a heads-up about those comments lol but anything to push your narrative la right?”
That sexually deviant fat fuck is the last person qualified to take the moral high ground; he should just shut the fuck up and get his asshole properly lubed in anticipation of rape marathons in jail.
NOC's Sylvia Chan files police reports over death threats, sex video; separate report lodged against her
SINGAPORE — Co-founder of production company Night Owl Cinematics Sylvia Chan, who is the subject of workplace harassment allegations, has filed a Magistrate’s Complaint and several police reports for death threats and alleged harassment, among other claims, her spokesman said in response to media queries on Thursday (Oct 21).
Meanwhile, a separate police report has been lodged against her over allegations made by a group of current and former employees.
The spokesman for Ms Chan said that the Magistrate’s Complaint was filed in the State Courts, citing a “concerted and coordinated effort to discredit and disparage” her.
“These efforts include death threats, incessant harassment, hacking of her emails, loss of access to NOC’s financial systems and records, and even a sex video,” the spokesman said. "The Honourable Magistrate has directed the police to commence investigations in relation to police reports filed."
In response to TODAY’s queries about the report filed against Ms Chan, a police spokesman confirmed that a report was lodged and they are looking into the matter. It was not clear what the police report entailed.
Ms Chan had said earlier this month that she would be removing herself from the artists’ team at NOC, and apologised for not stepping up to the standards she should have upheld as a leader.
However, new allegations against her, which include misappropriating company funds and bartering sexual services of an NOC “talent” in exchange for courier services, surfaced in a blog on Tuesday evening.
She was also accused of using the company to fund her brother’s salary in order to facilitate his permanent residency application.
This follows a string of accusations, such as being verbally abusive towards one of the company’s employees, which came to light earlier.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in response to TODAY’s queries that it is aware of online allegations pertaining to Ms Chan’s brother, Mr Sikeen Chan, but it is unable to provide any details for reasons of confidentiality.
“ICA takes into account a range of factors, such as qualifications, age, family profile, residential duration, family ties to Singaporeans, and economic contributions when assessing applications for immigration facilities.
“ICA will take firm action against persons who provide false or misleading information or conceal material facts when applying for any Singapore immigration facility. Any person who has made a false statement or declaration in their application will be dealt with firmly in accordance with the law,” said a spokesperson.
WHAT CO-FOUNDER RYAN TAN, EX-STAFF SAY
NOC co-founder Ryan Tan on Wednesday told TODAY that he will be taking steps to tackle the “public relations crisis” the company is facing.
The YouTube personality who has since resigned as the company’s director, said: “My thoughts and concerns have always been about the talents, and members of the crew and staff. Given recent developments and the public relations crisis facing NOC, I will be taking steps to handle these problems.”
“In the meantime, while there may be heightened scrutiny and interest in matters relating to NOC, I hope that members of the public extend the same kindness and civility that they have shown to me to other individuals who may be involved in these recent developments,” he added.
Former producer Felicia Tung, whose name was mentioned in the leaked video recording shared in the blog, said she is aware that a report against Ms Chan has been made to the authorities but is unsure what it is about.
Recalling her experience having worked directly under Ms Chan in the last three years, Ms Tung said her body still tenses up each time she hears her former employer’s voice.
“When I hear Sylvia’s voice, my body immediately tenses up in reflex and my mind automatically starts trying to predict what she’s going to say next, way ahead of her,” she said in an email interview with TODAY.
Ms Tung said this is also the reason she avoids watching Ms Chan’s videos.
Nonetheless, she hopes that by speaking out, current employees can leave the company without facing legal repercussions despite the agreements tied to them.
“I also hope better management decisions and safer practices can be put in place to ensure the welfare of future employees within NOC.”
SYLVIA CHAN TO ‘THOROUGHLY REBUT’ ALLEGATIONS
In the statement, the spokesman for Ms Chan said that she intends to “thoroughly rebut” every allegation against her “in due course”.
“Sylvia has full faith that these investigations will reveal the person(s) behind this vicious campaign,” the spokesman said.
“The motivations of the person(s) leading the charge against Sylvia are becoming increasingly clear, and will be plain for all to see in time to come.”
The spokesman claimed that some of the evidence that had been published appeared to be “skilfully edited to conveniently leave out portions so that a false narrative could be published to the public”.
He said that Ms Chan possesses the “full documents” and will share them soon with the public and has “kept her silence to maintain civility”.
“The full facts could prejudice the person(s) spearheading this campaign,” the spokesman added.
He also claimed that while Ms Chan was gathering evidence to clear her name, she had been locked out of NOC’s financial systems even though she is the chief executive officer and majority shareholder of the company.
“Sylvia has apologised for the actions against her employees, and will continue to work on herself to be a better person, a better leader,” the spokesman said.
“However, she will not give in to this campaign designed to bring her, and NOC, to its knees."
Forging salary slips is a bloody serious offence - I have sent an email to MOM imploring them to investigate this matter. If her brother has since been granted permanent residency it must be revoked without question.
Police, MOM looking into allegations against Night Owl Cinematics
The saga surrounding Night Owl Cinematics (NOC) and its co-founder Sylvia Chan continues after the police and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) confirmed on Thursday (Oct 21) that they are looking into the matter.
The police confirmed that a report was lodged and are looking into the matter.
In response to AsiaOne's queries, MOM said in a joint statement with Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) that they have received feedback from the public on allegations against NOC.
"TAFEP is currently in touch with the company to look into the matter," it added.
@Sgcickenrice admin kenna outed by Xiaxue as 20 year-old influencer Baerendang!
PS: Baerendang has since apologized and will take responsibility for his actions.
https://www.instagram.com/baerendang/
Ryan Tan rips into Sylvia Chan with a 10-page rebuttal (screenshot plus full document for download provided below):
Sylvia Chan has apologized, will you all forgive her?
Faggoty Dig-Cock implores netizens to "BE HUMAN".
It's Not Looking Good For Sylvia Chan And NOC
Sylvia Chan gives relationship advice to a woman whose husband was cheating on her kym? :P
She has made today's Wanbao headlines:
BREAKING NEWS!!!! Sylvia Chan has filed a magistrate's complaint!!!!!!
One look at this Sylvia Chan's face and you know she isn't a simple woman......
Forging salary slips is a bloody serious offence - I have sent an email to MOM imploring them to investigate this matter. If her brother has since been granted permanent residency it must be revoked without question.
Wah Sylvia Chan the businesswoman turned mamasan makes for a damn juicy scandal sia.....I wonder who is Talent A?