Judge Dismisses $160M Lawsuit from Murdered Man's Widow

0:00A judge in British Columbia just tossed out a massive lawsuit from a woman in China seeking $160 million from the estate of AD. Vancouver guy convicted of ordering her husband's murder. Long-need lived in Vancouver back in 2017 when Changbin Yang got killed in China. Knee got arrested there, convicted of mastermining it, and executed in 2020. His widow Yufeng Liu sued the estate for lost income, household help, companionship, and inheritance for her and their four-doll kids. Liu painted her husband as Yichang City's richest businessman with a hotel and coal mine, the family's only breadwinner. She claimed $50 million for herself, and $100 million for the kids inheritance, plus extras. But the judge said no financial records backed it up. No ownership proofs or income statements. She also chased $113 million in alleged debts, Nay-Ode Yang, though a Chinese court cut that's a $5.5 million.

1:00The judge called Lee not credible, noting she flipped her story under questioning and questioned shady dealings with Chinese courts. Plus, he refused to enforce it, citing China's lack of judicial independence under one party rule. Fraud claims against Nay and his wife were misusing loan money on Vancouver real estate flop 2, with zero solid docs. This wraps a long legal saga, leaving Liu empty handed and highlighting tough hurdles for cross-border claims like these. That's the story for today. Toronto News Today, Driven by AI