Court decision will make it harder to prove allegations against Nina Wang
Police now face an uphill battle to prove allegations that Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum faked her husband's will to maintain her grip on a multibillion-dollar empire.
The Court of Appeal ruled unanimously yesterday that it was 'haphazard' to say she had personally penned the documents.
Legal and police sources have indicated that the dismissal of Mr Justice David Yam Yee-kwan's earlier finding that some of the four documents purported to be Teddy Wang Teh-huei's will were 'probably written by the defendant herself' will make it harder for the police to prove their case against the richest woman in Asia.
On September 23, 1999, Mrs Wang's father-in-law, Wang Din-shin, upped the stakes in their mammoth probate tussle when he gained the leave of the court to report the will as a forgery to police.
Although an investigation was launched, it was not until December 11, 2002 - 20 days after Mr Justice Yam's judgment - that Mrs Wang was arrested by the Commercial Crime Bureau in connection with the allegations.