A Foreigner With Fujian Accent Once Wanted to Invest $10 Million to Build a Temple

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Chew Ming Hui
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Foreigners, Fujian, GCBs (IYKYK) and now a temple. What’s next in the conspiracy web?

A foreigner with a Fujian accent allegedly nearly invested $10 million to build a temple in Singapore. Here’s why you should care about it.

Foreigner with Fujian Accent Nearly Invested $10 Million to Build a Temple

According to Shin Min Daily News, shortly after this year’s Lunar New Year, a local temple was offered $10 million by a foreigner to build another temple—any temple, worshipping any deity.

The catch? This foreigner had a Fujian accent.

Does this ring a bell?

Well, we’re not trying to harden any lines of divide here. All we’re saying is there has been quite some news on foreign individuals from Fujian recently.

But before we get there, let’s learn more about this strangely generous gentleman.

Why the Foreigner with a Fujian Accent Wanted A New Temple Built

So, why exactly did he want a new temple built? And why was he willing to fork out $10 million for it?

In Mandarin, we call this “太多钱没有地方花” (meaning “too much money, nowhere else to spend”).

Sian. Don’t want the money, give the rest of us lah. 

The foreigner’s rationale for investing $10 million to build a new temple is this: he wanted to repent and give back to society.

And on a more practical note, the man, who is in his 40s, wanted a place to stay when he gets old.

A temple as a retirement home; that’s not something you hear about often. $10 million can retire at a nicer place than a temple, you know?

Yet, it makes some sense—according to the temple, the foreigner was a frequent visitor there. He would often drive to the temple in a luxury car, sometimes alone, sometimes with a friend.

That’s not all. Whenever the foreigner visited the temple, he would donate a few thousand dollars to the temple’s donation box.

Spoil market sia… How are the rest of us supposed to live with donating merely our spare change now?

Temple Rejected Foreigner’s Offer

Despite the foreigner’s generous offer, the temple turned him down.

Before you jump out of your seats and shout “Siao!”, hear the temple out.

The temple has a donation cap of $10,000. The $10 million offered by the foreigner exceeds it, so, of course, the temple needs a good reason to accept the foreigner’s money.

And we’re not talking about the kind of “good reasons” you give your girlfriend when you “don’t feel like going out today”. We’re talking about legitimate reasons—the foreigner failed to provide a good enough reason to the temple to take the $10 million.

In fact, the foreigner somehow managed to raise the temple’s suspicions about his legitimacy.

Apparently, when the foreigner was asked about his identity, he refused to answer and left hastily. Of course, the temple found this sus.

This was especially because of rumours at the time about foreigners from Fujian spending lavishly on properties without revealing their identities.

Are you connecting the dots yet?

You see, ten foreign individuals were arrested for a $1 billion money laundering case this week. It is speculated that these individuals are from Fujian and live lavish lifestyles.

Perhaps that’s why the man had $10 million to fork out for constructing a new temple. And maybe that’s why he wanted to fork out this sum “to repent and give back to society”.

You can learn more about the money laundering case here and the arrested individuals’ lifestyles here.

So, what’s your take? Do you think this man is related to the ten foreign individuals involved in the money laundering case?

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Chew Ming Hui
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