2 granddaughters of Genting founder go to court over S$520 million estate after getting S$293,053 & S$32,561

Following the death of a Malaysian woman in July 2022, a legal battle over her RM1.6 billion (around S$520 million) estate began on Feb. 23, 2026, in a Malaysian High Court.

The woman, Lim Siew Kim, the daughter and third child of the Genting Group of Companies founder, died aged 73 on Jul. 14, 2022, according to The Star.

She left behind three daughters and a son.

Civil suit

Two of Lim's daughters, Chan T'shiao Li and Kimberley Chan T'shiao Min, filed a civil suit that seeks to nullify their mother's last will, New Straits Times (NST) reported.

Her daughters claimed that due to her deteriorating condition from Stage 4 ovarian cancer, Lim lacked the legal and mental capacity to sign it, Malay Mail reported, adding that they alleged Lim's final will was executed under fraudulent and "suspicious circumstances".

Court

Lim had previously executed her final will on Apr. 28, 2022, said lawyer Low Beng Choo.

Named as one of the defendants in the civil suit, Low testified that Lim was alert and aware when she signed the will from her bed at a private hospital in Malaysia, according to NST.

Low said Lim "did not have any tubes sticking out of her body when she sat up on her bed and signed the will page by page."

A senior lawyer then rose to inform the court that he wanted to object before Low's written statement could be marked as evidence.

This is because there was no way for anyone to determine the accuracy of Low's claims in the drafting of the will, the lawyer said.

The case focused on the validity of their mother's will, the plaintiffs alleged in their statement of claim, adding that their mother did not have the testamentary capacity for anything due to her medical condition before her death.

Other wills

In addition, the plaintiffs claimed that in 2023, they discovered the existence of two other wills left by their mother.

According to NST, the two wills were supposedly dated Nov. 2, 2021 and Apr. 11, 2022, before the third and final one was executed on Apr. 28, 2022.

Since Lim's final will was executed in a short space of time, the plaintiffs claimed this constitutes a suspicious circumstance.

Beneficiaries

NST reported that with the execution of the Apr. 28, 2022, will, "Dikim Foundation" is a major beneficiary of the will, receiving over 70 per cent of the residuary estate.

The foundation, set up by the late Lim and her late husband, Dick Chan Teik Huat, was also left properties in other areas.

Another defendant in the suit, Marcus Chan, who is also Lim's son, was left with properties, shareholding, contents of all safe deposit boxes and 30 per cent of Lim's residuary estate.

On the other hand, two of Lim's daughters were supposedly left with RM900,000 (S$293,053) and RM100,000 (S$32,561).

Their sister was left with RM10 million (over S$3 million) and property in Kuala Lumpur.

Following this, a High Court judge has fixed Mar. 2, 2026, to rule on the objection.

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