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Friday 14 November 2008
Nina Wang and fung shui master were lovers, claims defence
The legal team of fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen has claimed that their client and late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum were romantically involved for 14 years.
Wang and fung shui master were lovers, claims defence
Barclay Crawford 14 November 2008
The legal team of fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen has claimed that their client and late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum were romantically involved for 14 years.
Mr. Tony Chan and the Chinachem Charitable Foundation are fighting over the late billionaire’s estimated HK$100 billion estate. Wang died of cancer in April last year.
Chinachem has claimed the terminally ill Wang, once Asia’s richest woman, did not have the mental capacity to sign her HK$100 billion estate over to Mr. Tony Chan. Both sides have pointed to rival wills, dated four years apart, which they claimed would prove each was the rightful heir to Wang’s fortune.
Edward Chan SC for Mr. Tony Chan, said the decision to sign over her estimated HK$100 billion estate to her fung shui master was not based on the “undue influence” of his client.
“It’s a case of 14 years of love,” he told a preliminary hearing before Mr. Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon. “There is no case of undue influence.”
Mr. Edward Chan also said the frequent “midnight meetings” between his client and Wang over the years were a part of their secret relationship.
The claim of a love affair between Wang and her fung shui master follows the bombshell dropped in court earlier this week by lawyers representing Chinachem Charitable Foundation that Wang was promised eternal life if she signed over her fortune solely to Mr. Tony Chan.
Speaking outside the High Court yesterday, Jonathan Midgley who also represents Mr. Tony Chan, claimed his client had not wanted to reveal the secret relationship but was forced to because of the reports implying his client had “somehow acted dishonourably” in procuring the will.
“These reports are hurtful to Mr. Chan,” he said. “This was a long-lasting, close and affectionate love.”
When asked about the “midnight meetings”, Mr. Midgley said Mr. Tony Chan met her because the pair was lovers, not because they were practising fung shui together.
Mr. Midgley said it was never Mr. Tony Chan’s intention to reveal the affair to the public.
“But he knew that once there was a court case, it would be difficult to keep the nature of his relationship confidential and private,” he said.
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Wang and fung shui master were lovers, claims defence
Barclay Crawford
14 November 2008
The legal team of fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen has claimed that their client and late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum were romantically involved for 14 years.
Mr. Tony Chan and the Chinachem Charitable Foundation are fighting over the late billionaire’s estimated HK$100 billion estate. Wang died of cancer in April last year.
Chinachem has claimed the terminally ill Wang, once Asia’s richest woman, did not have the mental capacity to sign her HK$100 billion estate over to Mr. Tony Chan. Both sides have pointed to rival wills, dated four years apart, which they claimed would prove each was the rightful heir to Wang’s fortune.
Edward Chan SC for Mr. Tony Chan, said the decision to sign over her estimated HK$100 billion estate to her fung shui master was not based on the “undue influence” of his client.
“It’s a case of 14 years of love,” he told a preliminary hearing before Mr. Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon. “There is no case of undue influence.”
Mr. Edward Chan also said the frequent “midnight meetings” between his client and Wang over the years were a part of their secret relationship.
The claim of a love affair between Wang and her fung shui master follows the bombshell dropped in court earlier this week by lawyers representing Chinachem Charitable Foundation that Wang was promised eternal life if she signed over her fortune solely to Mr. Tony Chan.
Speaking outside the High Court yesterday, Jonathan Midgley who also represents Mr. Tony Chan, claimed his client had not wanted to reveal the secret relationship but was forced to because of the reports implying his client had “somehow acted dishonourably” in procuring the will.
“These reports are hurtful to Mr. Chan,” he said. “This was a long-lasting, close and affectionate love.”
When asked about the “midnight meetings”, Mr. Midgley said Mr. Tony Chan met her because the pair was lovers, not because they were practising fung shui together.
Mr. Midgley said it was never Mr. Tony Chan’s intention to reveal the affair to the public.
“But he knew that once there was a court case, it would be difficult to keep the nature of his relationship confidential and private,” he said.
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