The police commercial crime bureau has applied to the courts to release for examination the controversial 'will' tendered by fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen in his failed bid to claim late tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum's multibillion-dollar Chinachem empire.
A judge ruled that the will was a forgery, disallowed Chan's claim and police are investigating Chan as a result of that ruling.
Senior director of public prosecutions Richard Turnbull yesterday appeared before Mr Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon in relation to the application. He said outside the court that a fingerprint test would be conducted on the documents.
The situation echoes that of Wang back in 2005 when the Justice Department, investigating allegations of forgery, applied to obtain a will she had presented, ultimately successfully, to claim her husband and Chinachem founder Teddy Wang Teh-huei's massive estate.
Police arrested Chan on February 3 on suspicion of forgery a day after Court of First Instance judge Lam ruled the will Chan claimed Wang had made in October 2006 was forged.
The documents police want include the disputed 2006 will, its envelope and a paper placed underneath it bearing the impressions of the three alleged signatures of Wang and two attesting witnesses.
