In the Hongkong Standard newspaper:
Fung shui master Tony Chan Chun- chuen appeared happy just one day after the death of his alleged lover, the late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum, Wang’s younger sister Molly Gong Zhongxin told the Court of First Instance yesterday.Gong said before meeting Chan in person in March 2007 her perception of the man was 60 percent unfavorable. After meeting him, she formed the opinion he was dishonest and that his statements were calculated to make the family believe he was close to Wang.
Gong said she did not believe Wang had made a will leaving her entire estate to Chan as she would have told her siblings if that was her plan.
Chan’s lawyer Ian Mill asked if it ever occurred to Gong that Wang did not tell them because she knew they would disapprove.
“Why would we? We never told her what to do unless it concerned her medical condition,” Gong said.
Gong recalled Chan telling her he could speak to the Buddha to prolong Wang’s life, but he “didn’t want others to know he had the special power.”
Gong added Wang played the dominant role in her relationship with Chan, though when it came to fung shui, Chan exercised a great deal of influence over her.
She accused Chan of taking advantage of Wang when she was fragile. “Everyone said her [abducted] husband [Teddy Wang Teh-huei] was gone. Only one person said he was still alive. When she was sick, doctors said her illness was treatable but incurable, and he [Chan] appeared again,” Gong said. Gong said Chan was a yes man to Wang though he also acted like a “life saving straw.”
Gong recalled Wang never thought she would die, even in the final stages of her illness.
Wang’s younger brother Kung Yan- sum who, like Gong, is a medical doctor, took the stand for the first time yesterday.
He said Wang was a great businesswoman. “There are many successful businessmen in the world, but only a few have such a big heart and the generosity to give all her assets to society and charity,” Kung said.
He admitted there are instances when “one loose thread can be found in 100 tightly knit threads.”
He said in business Wang was not a forgetful woman but on certain topics she would let things slide.
“She wanted to forget her age. She always joked she was only 18 years old,” he said.
Kung denied a suggestion made by Chan’s lawyer Edward Chan King-sang that his relationship with Wang was not that close. “You forgot the Chinese saying `blood is thicker than water.’ There was not one day when we were distant from each other,” Kung said.
Kung recalled Wang telling him and other siblings and their mother that someone had advised her against being too close to them because their birth signs conflicted with hers.
A statement from Harvard University medical expert Dr Philip Lang was read by Chinachem Charitable Foundation lawyer Denis Chang.
Lang said there were at least three occasions when Wang telephoned him to say she could not go to Boston for treatments because her fung shui master had said she should not fly.
Wang also told Lang that Gong could not accompany her to one of the consultations because “it was not good.”
Meanwhile, Edward Chan suggested Teddy Wang was infertile so none of the efforts Nina made in hopes of bearing a child was to prepare for his return.
Kung said Nina had a miscarriage a long time ago and Teddy had a diseased kidney removed. It was possible this might lead to infertility but there was no medical evidence to support the claim.