KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24 -- A high-stakes legal battle over the RM1.6 billion estate of the late Lim Siew Kim, daughter of Genting founder Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, began in the High Court yesterday with her daughters alleging that her final will was executed under fraudulent and "suspicious circumstances."

The civil suit, filed by two of Siew Kim's daughters, Chan T'shiao Li and Kimberley Chan T'shiao Min, seeks to nullify their mother's last will, the New Straits Times reported.

They claim she lacked the legal and mental capacity to sign it due to her deteriorating condition from Stage 4 ovarian cancer. Siew Kim passed away in July 2022 at the age of 73.

The daughters' claim highlights the existence of two other wills made shortly before th...