KUALA LUMPUR, February 25 — A legal battle over the RM1.6 billion estate of the late Lim Siew Kim, daughter of Lim Goh Tong, began in the High Court with two of her daughters alleging that her final will was executed under fraudulent and suspicious circumstances.
Chan T’shiao Li and Kimberley Chan T’shiao Min are seeking to nullify the April 28, 2022 will, claiming their mother lacked testamentary capacity due to Stage 4 ovarian cancer and highlighting the existence of two earlier wills made within months of the final document.
The disputed will names the Dikim Foundation as the main beneficiary with over 70 per cent of the residuary estate, while son Marcus Chan also received substantial assets; the plaintiffs were left comparatively smaller sums.
The lawyer who drafted the will, Datuk Low Beng Choo, testified that Lim was alert and aware when signing the document in hospital, but the plaintiffs’ counsel Datuk V. Sithambaram objected to parts of her testimony as hearsay and alleged a conflict of interest linked to the foundation, which Low denied.
High Court judge Mahazan Mat Taib has fixed March 2 to rule on the objection as the closely watched inheritance dispute unfolds.
