The eldest brother of the battling Chan family, the people who brought the world the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, inflated his role in the day-to-day operations of the toy company, a court heard yesterday.
Albert Chan had told the court that he was in charge of production and manufacturing at the massive company-owned plants in Tuen Mun and Man Fung on the mainland.
He is in the High Court to wind up Chansam Investments, the holding company for the Chan family's shares in Playmates Toys and Prestige Properties.
His action is being challenged by his younger brother Thomas, through his company Phanchi Holdings, and his father, Playmates' founder Chan Tai-ho.
Under detailed and painstaking cross examination by William Stubbs QC, for the opposing shareholders, Albert Chan admitted he was subordinate to his younger brother Thomas, the managing director.
Mr Stubbs spent yesterday poring through enormous bundles of minutes from Playmates meetings dating as far back as the 1980s.