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Late tycoon Nina Wang’s charitable foundation files bankruptcy petition against former ‘lover’ Peter Chan, jailed for forging her will

  • The one-time feng shui master is serving 12 years at Stanley Prison after forging a will to get his hands on Wang’s HK$83 billion fortune
  • The filing records made available do not disclose the amount of alleged debt that prompted the Chinachem Charitable Foundation’s action

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Peter Chan, who forged a will in a bid to claim late tycoon Nina Wang’s billions, is the subject of a bankruptcy claim by her charitable foundation. Photo: SCMP
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Late tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum’s charitable foundation has petitioned for the bankruptcy of Peter Chan Chun-chuen, her alleged former lover and feng shui master who is now serving a 12-year sentence for forging a will in a bid to inherit her multibillion-dollar estate.
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Chinachem Charitable Foundation filed the bankruptcy petition against Chan on Friday, but the filing records made available on Monday did not disclose the amount of alleged debt that prompted the legal action.

The first hearing at the High Court has been scheduled for December 30.

Late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang poses for a photo with Peter Chan, then known as Tony. He would later change his name in prison. Photo: Handout
Late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang poses for a photo with Peter Chan, then known as Tony. He would later change his name in prison. Photo: Handout

Chan, who changed his name from Tony and later converted to Christianity soon after being jailed at maximum-security Stanley Prison, first made headlines days after Wang’s death in April 2007.

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He identified himself as the billionaire’s lover, and later asked the court to appoint him as the sole heir to her HK$83 billion (US$10.6 billion) estate, claiming he had a will made by Wang, boss of the Chinachem Group and once Asia’s richest woman, in October 2006.

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