Billionaire Leaves Fortune to Feng Shui Master
Recently deceased Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang, once the richest woman in Asia, gave hundreds of millions of dollars to her feng shui consultant in search of a longer life.
Even after her hopes were dashed, when she died at age 69 in 2007, she left billions more to the consultant – her alleged lover – in her will.
Tony Chan, a former bartender and master in the ancient Chinese art of channeling energy known as feng shui, received three gifts of $88 million dollars from the real estate billionaire after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. The gifts were bestowed in 2005 and 2006.
Wang’s siblings are currently challenging Chan’s claim that he is the sole beneficiary of Wang’s will in court. Wang’s estate is reportedly worth thirteen billion dollars. When asked why Wang gave him the extravagant gifts, Chan said “It’s a gift to me. She addressed me as her hubby. She loved me. So it’s a gift.”
Lawrence Lok, the Wang’s family’s lawyer, claimed that the gifts were given when Chan had claimed he could prolong her life while Wang’s health was deteriorating. Earlier in the trial, a doctor claimed that a feng shui master told Wang he could improve her health by taking her hair and clothes to China. Chan denies this.
Wang’s family also claims that the will bestowing her fortune on Chan is a fake.
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By RMJ on 11-07-2009
Comment by pacat
July 11th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Now I know I am in the wrong business
Comment by Anon
July 11th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
No!
That's the wrong Tony Chan, I'm the correct Tony Chan…
The will was misread, it should be for me.
Do you happen to be a lawyer pacat?
Comment by pacat
July 12th, 2009 at 2:11 am
Yeah,I get fifty percent if you win……..Mabe you could adopt me and we wouldn't have to split the fee
Comment by QueenBee
July 16th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
richest woman in asia, you say? never heard of her.
Comment by tom
July 17th, 2009 at 6:58 am
good on him
Comment by Christina Bledsoe
July 18th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Wow. That was gracious of her.
Comment by Soo
August 5th, 2009 at 5:39 am
I think the fortune teller is doing a very selfish and evil cheat. Promising her that he can prolong her life but never happen. SO why should he be getting it? She only died a miserable life under his spell. The court must never allow such a man to inherit anything at all. After all, he has already taken millions of dollars of her wealth, why, he's still trying to squeeze every other penny out of her to his own pocket. Such a con artist. He has no right at all to inherit it. If she's still in the hospital, even though dying, she would spell out that he can never have it. After all, I'm sure she has more love and care for her own family than an outsider, though she knew him but for only a few last years of her life. She has no love for such a man. I'm sure she just show happiness with him all because he said he has a power to prolong her life – and where is she now? His promise of her to live longer is just a scam – to make her willing to submit to his demand, " you give me this and I promise you, you'll live a very long life".
Comment by yiqiW
September 10th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Actually, he claimed to be the sole beneficiary after all the bickering from the deceases immediate family slowed in their pursuit of her fortune. In other words, he allowed the deceased to go in peace, before attempting to gain access to her fortune.
If his name is in the will, and no one else is then the money should be his.
The circumstances under which allowed him to have his name on the will is and should remain the business of the deceased and him. We should not question whether or not he deserves the money.
Comment by puss
October 5th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
She was a rich but superstitious and stupid woman. Had she donated her money to charities, she would have benefited from her good karma.