Yun Nans restaurant co-founder dies at 40, company fined $7k in July for mass food poisoningDaniel LaiThe Straits TimesSept 19, 2025Mr Zhao Han, co-founder of Chinese restaurant chain Yun Hai Yao, died on Sept 18 at the age of 40. Yun Hai Yao, better known as Yun Nans in Singapore, specialises in dishes from the south-western mountainous province of Yun Nan in China. She vowed to work hard to make Yun Hai Yao a success, to fulfil the promise she made with Mr Zhao. An obituary accompanying the post stated that Mr Zhao died at 2.43pm local time on Sept 18 in Kunming Tongren Hospital. Yun Hai Yao's co-CEO Lu Zhi Tao, who is Mr Zhao's cousin, appeared in court on behalf of the company.