ASIAN ECO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. v DENG YIMING

[2023] SGHC 227 High Court (General Division) 17 August 2023 HC/OC 161/2023 ( HC/SUM 1488/2023 ) 21 min read

11 cases cited Cited by 3 cases

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	17 August 2023
Judge	Hri Kumar Nair
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure
Counsel	Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Setia Law LLC, Bethel Chan Ruiyi, Cheong Wei Wen John, Sean Chen Siang En, Shermaine Lim Jia Qi, Tan Li Jie Stanley, Yam Wern Jhien, Zhulkarnain Bin Abdul Rahim

Source: [2023] SGHC 227, High Court (General Division), decided 17 August 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Summary judgment

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Hri Kumar Nair Delivered

Counsel (9)

Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP Firm Setia Law LLC Firm Bethel Chan Ruiyi Counsel Plaintiff Cheong Wei Wen John Counsel Defendant Sean Chen Siang En Counsel Defendant Shermaine Lim Jia Qi Counsel Defendant Tan Li Jie Stanley Counsel Plaintiff Yam Wern Jhien Counsel Plaintiff Zhulkarnain Bin Abdul Rahim Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd Plaintiff Deng Yiming Defendant

Case Significance

Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd v Deng Yiming [2023] SGHC 227 is a grounds of decision of Hri Kumar Nair J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 17 August 2023 in Originating Claim No 161 of 2023 (Summons No 1488 of 2023). The claimant, Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd, a Singapore company manufacturing and distributing lab-grown diamonds, sued its former director Deng Yiming to recover 627 diamond seeds and 7 loose diamonds it said he wrongfully retained after being removed by a members' resolution on 17 January 2023. Hri Kumar Nair J allowed the claimant's application for summary judgment.

[2023] SGHC 227 explained

ASIAN ECO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. v DENG YIMING ([2023] SGHC 227) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 17 August 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 3 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2023] SGHC 227 about?

ASIAN ECO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. v DENG YIMING ([2023] SGHC 227) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Summary judgment”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 227 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHC 164. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2023] SGHC 227?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 227 has been cited by 3 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd, a lab-grown diamond manufacturer, brought a claim against its former director Deng Yiming to recover 627 diamond seeds and 7 loose diamonds it said he wrongfully retained, alleging breach of fiduciary duties, conversion, detinue, constructive trust and restitution. Hri Kumar Nair J allowed the application for summary judgment, granting a declaration that Deng held the diamonds as constructive trustee for the company with damages to be assessed. Costs and disbursements of $14,000 and $20,000 were ordered against Deng.

What was Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd v Deng Yiming [2023] SGHC 227 about?

It was a summary judgment application by Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd before Hri Kumar Nair J to recover 627 diamond seeds and 7 loose diamonds from its removed director Deng Yiming. The court allowed summary judgment on 17 August 2023.

What did the court decide in [2023] SGHC 227?

Hri Kumar Nair J allowed Asian Eco Technology's application for summary judgment against Deng Yiming, its former director removed by a members' resolution on 17 January 2023, over the 627 diamond seeds and 7 loose diamonds the company said he wrongfully possessed.

Cases Cited (11)

SG (2)

[2021] SGHC 1 [2023] SGHC 164

SLR (9)

[1990] 1 SLR(R) 465 [1998] 1 SLR(R) 53 [2014] 2 SLR 123 [2014] 2 SLR 1342 [2015] 1 SLR 325 [2015] 4 SLR 250 [2017] 4 SLR 99 [2017] 5 SLR 184 [2019] 2 SLR 412