A CHINESE businessman is seeking about S$1.5 million in damages from a Huttons property agent who allegedly promised to sell a new condominium unit that he had been “induced” to buy.

However, the property agent, Ong Jianlong, did not do so before Chen Qiming’s Option to Purchase (OTP) for the S$5.1 million unit expired, resulting in Chen forfeiting payments made.

On Tuesday (Nov 21), Chen’s case was heard in the High Court on the first day of a trial in which Ong and Huttons Asia are named as defendants.