A sensational court fight between 'King of Shoes' billionaire Patrick Tang Kim-kwan and his unfaithful mistress reached a climax yesterday as he told of how he discovered her affair with a young television actor.
The heat was turned up further when Tang's former lover, Karen Lee Chi-ting, took the stand and said he had sought to smear her by saying she was a habitual liar.
Lee, 42, also said bluntly that she did not consider Tang, 69, 'very rich', saying he was never on par with the likes of Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing, or tycoon Lau Luen-hung.
Tang, who heads the shoe-trading empire ATG Sourcing and has an estimated fortune of HK$2 billion, is seeking to recover three properties in Lee's name and proceeds from the sale of another flat.
In the Court of First Instance, Tang told of his suspicion that Lee had a lover behind his back before her six-month fling with Mr Hong Kong Francois Huynh was exposed in 2009. He said he first had suspicions in 2008 when he saw another man's name, not Huynh's, on a tag attached to Lee's travel suitcase, but he did not pursue the matter.
He learned about Lee's affair only through a magazine expose in 2009. He repeatedly questioned Lee on what she did with the actor during a seven-hour stay at a hotel, he said.
