Lawyer claims ‘no knowledge’ of full asset value in Malaysian billionaire Lim Goh Tong family will dispute
The lawyer who prepared the will being challenged in an inheritance dispute filed by two granddaughters of Genting Group’s late billionaire founder Lim Goh Tong said she did so without full knowledge of the assets involved, Vietnam-based VN Express International reported yesterday, Sunday 26 April 2026. The lawyer, Datuk Low Beng Choo, drafted the final will for the RM1.6 billion (US$410.4 million) estate of the Genting founder’s late daughter, Puan Lim Siew Kim, and also serves as the sole trustee of the Dikim Foundation, which was designated to receive 70% of her residuary estate. Low is named as a defendant in a lawsuit contesting the will, brought by two of Siew Kim’s daughters, and was testifying as a defense witness earlier this week. During a hearing on Wednesday, the plaintiffs’ lawyer asked whether she agreed that Dikim was the primary beneficiary of Siew Kim’s estate. New Straits Times reported she replied: "I cannot agree with you because I have no knowledge of the en...