Hong Kong: Feng Shui Will Forger Jailed

A "shameless" fortune teller has been jailed for forging the will of an heiress he said had been his lover so he could get his hands on her $13bn (8.7bn) estate.

Bartender-turned-feng shuimaster Tony Chan had claimed to be the sole beneficiary of Nina Wang's assets, which she inherited after the kidnapping and disappearance of her property mogul husband.

Ms Wang, once Asia's richest woman, died of cancer in 2007 aged 69, triggering a bitter public feud over her fortune.

In 2010, a court ruled the will in Chan's possession was fake and he was charged by police.

After more than 20 hours of deliberation, a jury in Hong Kong found him guilty of forging the document.

Sentencing the 53-year-old to 12 years, judge Andrew Macrae described his conduct as "shameless and wicked as well as borne of unparalleled greed".

"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 and smiled as he left the dock.

The case has been in the headlines in Hong Kong for years, with Chan often cast as a fraudster who duped Ms 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 Ms Wang were lovers and that she promised to leave him everything.

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Hong Kong: Feng Shui Will Forger Jailed