Tony 'Feng Shui' Chan loses battle over Nina Wang's will

Feng Shui master Tony Chan's claims to late tycoon Nina Wang's multi-billion dollar fortune were dismissed by the High Court this morning.

After deliberating over court materials for more than four months, High Court judge Johnson Lam ruled Wang's will, in which Chan is the sole beneficiary of Wang's lucrative Chinachem empire, a fake.

Every since Nina “Little Sweetie” Wang died in April 2007 of cancer, her family (represented by the Chinachem Charitable Foundation) and her perennially grinning feng shui master had been trying to lay their hands on her lucrative Chinachem empire.

In one of the most salacious court battles Hong Kong has seen in recent years, Chan claimed to be Wang’s secret lover for 15 years and the sole beneficiary of a 2006 will. Wang’s family said the will was forged and equated him with a eunuch in the court of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

In his defense, Chan said, somewhat bizarrely, that he didn’t know anything about feng shui, never mind the 80 so-called feng shui holes dug in Chinachem grounds (a game between the lovers, Chan explained). The Chinachem Charitable Foundation claimed the 2006 will was merely a feng shui prop meant to be burnt to prolong her life.

The battle is expected to continue as Chan moves his case to a higher court. 

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