A retired banker and philanthropist's son-in-law is facing a private prosecution for perjury 52 years after he allegedly committed the offences.
Lo Hung-kwan, 77, has been taken to court by his sister Lo Siu-yin, 78, who wants him convicted of swearing a false statement in July 1947 to secure letters of administration of their late mother's estate.
Mr Lo, as the sole surviving man in the family, claimed to be the only eligible next-of-kin of Lo Yu-shi, who died without leaving a will on July 15, 1946. She was 68.
The size of the estate was not revealed but was substantial - Ms Lo once demanded $215 million from her brother, a former director of Hang Seng Bank, to end the dispute.
Mr Lo retired from the post this April and is the son-in-law of the late Ho Sin-hang, the bank's founder who died in December 1997.
Mr Lo's lawyer, Cheng Huan SC, yesterday urged Magistrate Josiah Lam Wai-kuen to halt the prosecution.
'This is a somewhat bizarre case that occurred more than 52 years ago,' Mr Cheng told Western Court.