Yang Bao Bei

Yang Bao Bei (born Yong Hoong Ling; ; 7 February 1994), also known as YBB, is a Malaysian YouTuber, author, and artiste.

Career Yang started modeling at 15 when she was a model with ADD magazine, a defunct magazine in Malaysia, which had a following among the school-going population.

In 2010, she published her first book titled Love's here which was ranked on Popular's list of best-selling books in Malaysia. She wrote the book under the pen name, Yang Bao Bei (杨宝贝), however would prefer friends to refer to her by her real name.

In 2016, she was cast in 's, a Malaysian YouTuber, web film, Memorable Year (中学那一年). After this, coupled with the dwindling readership of Chinese books and writing books took up a lot of time and effort, Yang decided to switch her focus to be a YouTuber in 2017. This allowed her to a wider reach of audience and more avenues to explore creativity.

By 2019, Yang had over 500,000 YouTube subscribers, 540,000 Facebook followers, and 628,000 Instagram followers.

Gambling addiction and attempted suicide Initially, it was revealed that Yang had scammed her fans by selling cheaper designer branded bags at high prices. On 17 April 2021, Yang attempted suicide by trying to jump from the fifth floor of a building in Puchong, Malaysia.

On 1 May 2021, six of her friends and former working partners released a video to clarify that they had tried to help her debt issue several times. They were Malaysian YouTubers Charles Tee, Lim Shang Jin, Tan Yii Yii, her Kalysta boss Chord Tan and Kay Lai, and her bubble tea business partner and family friend Sky. Before the video was released, Lim was accused by fans of being indifferent to Yang's plight. When Yang was in police custody, she had entrusted Sky with her phone, which contained details of her schemes. In the video, it was revealed that Yang had allegedly worked with two other persons, Malaysian Instagram influencer Agnes Ma and her partner Chris Hoo, on the scams.

Yang was terminated by Kalysta, a company which sells health products and owned by Tan and Lai, as one of their national representatives. Yang had since made restitution to some who were affected by the bag scam.

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