Tycoon Vincent Tan is seeking to distance his daughters from the controversy surrounding online game store SEA Gamer Mall Sdn Bhd (SEAGM), after two of the company's top executives were charged over an international hacking scandal.

However, he has come to the defence of SEAGM chief executive officer Wong Ong Hua and chief product officer Ling Yang Ching, saying that they did not have the skills to pull off the crimes they are accused of...