Nina Wang 'not around for meetings'
Late tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum began issuing business instructions on paper instead of face to face after she became seriously ill, a long-time employee of hers has told the court.
Late tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum began issuing business instructions on paper instead of face to face after she became seriously ill, a long-time employee of hers has told the court.
Joseph Leung Wing-kong, a director of Chinachem companies since 1987, told the Court of First Instance that after mid-2006, decisions were handled via paper correspondence because Wang, the head of Chinachem, was seldom in the office and was always on trips.
Leung was testifying in the trial of self-described fung shui master Peter Chan Chun-chuen, who has changed his name from Tony.
Chan is accused of forging a will in Wang's name, which he denies. The will bore the date October 16, 2006.
Wang's personal secretary, Dinyl Au Yin-ling, undertook the role of passing messages between Wang and Leung after early 2007. Au passed messages with instructions that included donating about HK$1 million to the redevelopment of Yan Chai Hospital and decisions concerning Citic 1616, Leung said.
When Leung saw Wang in September 2006, he thought her health looked "all right" despite her being thin. Wang had not told him about cancer treatments she was seeking overseas.
