A feng shui master who claimed the entire four-billion-dollar estate of the late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang has filed legal papers.
HONG KONG: A feng shui master who last week claimed the entire four-billion-dollar estate of the late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang has filed legal papers, his first formal step towards taking possession of her fortune.
Chan Chun Chuen's lawyers filed papers in the city's High Court over the weekend requesting that no court decision on her wealth be made without their knowledge.
Chan, 48, announced on Friday he was the sole beneficiary of Wang's wealth, estimated to be worth at least $4.2 billion, according to a will she wrote in 2006.
Wang's brother and two younger sisters also filed papers last week in the name of a charitable trust connected to Chinachem, asking claimants to the estate to come forward.
They say the trust was named as the executor of a will that Wang purportedly wrote in 2002, paving the way for a second spectacular court fight over the wealth of the pigtailed and mini-skirt-wearing mogul.
Wang, Asia's richest woman, died on April 4 at 69 with no heirs.
She built her late husband Teddy Wang's Chinachem into a real estate empire after taking it over following his disappearance in 1990.
He is believed to have been kidnapped and was declared dead in 1999, although his body was never found.
Wang's father-in-law Wang Din-shin, now 96, sued to win control of Teddy's assets in a bitter eight-year court battle that saw the two sides trade accusations of adultery, sloth and naked greed. She won in 2005.
Chan's claim on last Friday sent shockwaves through the city and there was widespread bafflement as to how the little-known feng shui expert could have been awarded Wang's entire estate.
The story has gripped the public imagination, with rampant media speculation about the relationship between the two.
Chan has been described as an expert in feng shui, traditionally consulted in China to ensure health, wealth and happiness.
But local newspapers have interviewed well-known feng shui masters who said they had never heard of him.
Even Wang's top aides and family know little about Chan, who is believed to be a billionaire himself, lives in a luxury home and studied medicine in Canada, reports said.
His lawyer Jonathan Midgely revealed that Chan, 48, is married with three children and that he has business interests in property and development. Chan had known Wang for 'many years.'
The Apple Daily newspaper, citing unnamed sources, said Chan had gained Wang's trust as he had also believed that her late husband Teddy was still alive, and that they repeatedly prayed together at a temple for his return.
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