Feng shui “master” jailed for forging tycoon’s will in Hong Kong

July 05, 2013

Bartender-turned-feng shui master Tony Chan (pic) had claimed to be the sole beneficiary of Nina Wang's US$13 billion (RM41.5 billion) estate, which she inherited after the kidnapping and disappearance of her property mogul husband.

A court had ruled in 2010 - three years after Wang's death - that a will in Chan's possession was fake and after more than 20 hours of deliberation, a jury yesterday found him guilty of forging the document.

Sentencing the 53-year-old, judge Andrew Macrae today described his conduct as "shameless and wicked as well as borne of unparalleled greed".

"Forgery of a will is particularly nasty and insidious," said Macrae, as the deceased "can't answer back".

"You are no doubt a clever, and no doubt beguiling charlatan," the judge said, describing his actions as "cruel and egregious".

Chan lowered his head into his hands when the sentence was read out before a courtroom packed with reporters, and smiled as he left the dock.

The sensational case has for years gripped the former British colony and generated blanket media coverage, with Chan often cast as a fraudster who duped Wang by promising to find her kidnapped husband and cure her of cancer.

Much of the case revolved around Chan's claims that he and Wang were lovers and that she promised to leave him everything. During the trial, his lawyers showed a home video of the pair in a passionate embrace.

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Feng shui “master” jailed for forging tycoon’s will in Hong Kong