{"id":"court_ctb_1083_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1083,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-11-11","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":"受托人就藐视法庭听证会提交的证人与证据清单 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #1083（2022-11-11立案）。第11章受托人 Luc Despins 针对2022年11月15日举行的「追究个别债务人未遵守公司治理权裁定之民事藐视法庭责任」听证会，提交了包含郭文贵与 Una Wilkinson 在内的证人名单及28项证据清单。","summary_en":"Trustee's Witness and Exhibit List for Contempt Hearing —— In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073 ECF #1083 (filed 2022-11-11). Chapter 11 Trustee Luc Despins submitted a witness list (including Ho Wan Kwok and Una Wilkinson) and a 28-item exhibit list in connection with the November 15, 2022 hearing on the motion to hold the individual debtor in civil contempt for failure to comply with the corporate governance rights order.","body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x |             |                         |  |  |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|--|--|\n| In re:                                                           | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |  |  |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al.,                                             | :<br>:<br>: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |  |  |\n| Debtors.1                                                        | :<br>:      | Jointly Administered    |  |  |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------      | x           |                         |  |  |\n\n## **WITNESS LIST AND EXHIBITS LIST OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE IN CONNECTION WITH HEARING ON NOVEMBER 15, 2022 RELATED TO CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO HOLD INDIVIDUAL DEBTOR IN CIVIL CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE RIGHTS ORDER**\n\nLuc Despins, as the appointed Chapter 11 Trustee to the Individual Debtor's estate (the \"Trustee\"), by and through his undersigned counsel, and pursuant to the Court's *Order Granting Motion To Expedite Hearing on Motion for Contempt* [ECF No. 1044], submits this witness list and exhibits list for the November 15, 2022 hearing (the \"Hearing\") on the *Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Entry of Order Holding Debtor in Civil Contempt for Failure to Comply with Corporate Governance Rights Order* [ECF No. 913] (the \"Motion\") before the Hon. Julia A. Manning, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (Bridgeport), Courtroom 123, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT.\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595) (the \"Individual Debtor\") and Genever Holdings Corporation (the \"Genever BVI Debtor\"). The mailing address for the Trustee and the Genever BVI Debtor is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 1083 Filed 11/11/22 Entered 11/11/22 14:29:50 Page 2 of 5\n\n## **WITNESS LIST**\n\nThe Trustee designates the following individuals whom he presently anticipates may be called as witnesses at the Hearing:\n\n- 1. Ho Wan Kwok;\n- 2. Una Wilkinson;\n- 3. Any and all witnesses called by an adverse party;\n- 4. Other witnesses to the extent necessary for the authentication of documents;\n- 5. Other witnesses for rebuttal purposes.\n\nThe Trustee reserves the right to supplement or amend this list, including based on the results of ongoing discovery.\n\n[*Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank*\n\n## **EXHIBITS LIST**\n\n| Exhibit | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Docket No(s).2 or<br>Bates Numbers3 |\n|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|\n| 1.      | Vice News, Exiled Chinese Billionaire Uses YouTube to Wage A War On<br>Corruption, YOUTUBE, (Nov. 15, 2017) (available at<br>http)                                                                            |                                     |\n| 2.      | Vice News, Take Down the CCP & World's Coolest Dictator, SHOWTIME,<br>(original air date: Dec. 19, 2021) (available at<br>http>worlds-coolest-dictator)                             |                                     |\n| 3.      | Steve Bannon's War Room: Pandemic, Ep 241 –<br>Pandemic: The CCP's<br>Information War Against America (w/ Miles Guo and Jack Posobiec),<br>(June 18, 2020)<br>http>QW2Nzr8/view?usp=sharing |                                     |\n| 4.      | Decision and Order on Motion, dated February 9, 2022, PAX v. Kwok,<br>Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)                                                                                                                                          | ECF No. 913, Exhibit<br>B           |\n| 5.      | Decision and Order on Motion, dated July 7, 2020, PAX v. Kwok, Index<br>No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)                                                                                                                                              | ECF No. 913, Exhibit<br>C           |\n| 6.      | Particular of Claims, Kwok Ho Wan & Ors. v. UBS, Cl-2020-000345,<br>High Court of Justice of England and Wales Queen's Bench Division<br>Commercial Court, dated September 23, 2020                                                                  | ECF No. 913, Exhibit<br>D           |\n| 7.      | Transcript of Section 341 Meeting, dated April 6, 2022                                                                                                                                                                                               | ECF No. 913, Exhibit<br>E           |\n| 8.      | August 31, 2022 letter from Trustee to Debtor's counsel requesting that<br>the Debtor cause his shares on Ace Decade to be transferred to the Trustee<br>no later than September<br>6, 2022                                                          | ECF No. 913, Exhibit<br>F           |\n| 9.      | The transcript of the September 6, 2022 status conference                                                                                                                                                                                            | ECF No. 913, Exhibit<br>G           |\n| 10.     | Transcript of Section 341 Meeting, dated March 21, 2022                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                     |\n| 11.     | Complaint, Guo Wengui v. Joshua Schiller, et al., Supreme Court of the<br>State of New York, County of New York, Index No. 150001/2019 (Dec.<br>31, 2018)                                                                                            | NYSCEF Doc. No. 1                   |\n| 12.     | Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants' Motion to Compel<br>Arbitration, Guo Wengui v. Joshua Schiller, et al., Supreme Court of the<br>State of New York, County of New York, Index No. 150001/2019                                             | NYSCEF Doc. No. 3                   |\n| 13.     | Final Arbitration Award in Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP v. Miles Kwok                                                                                                                                                                                 | NYSCEF Doc. No. 3,<br>Exhibit B     |\n\n<sup>2</sup> All docket entries referenced herein include all exhibits and declarations attached thereto. References to ECF No.'s are to documents filed on the docket of the above caption case. All other references to docket numbers refer to cases described for each exhibit number.\n\n<sup>3</sup> All bates numbers were provided by the producing party.\n\n| 14. | Complaint in Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG                     | NYSCEF Doc. No. 1  |\n|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|\n| 15. | Kwok Affidavit in Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG                | NYSCEF Doc. No. 27 |\n| 16. | Kwok's Chinese Translation of Kwok Affidavit in Ace Decade Holdings    |                    |\n|     | Limited v. UBS AG                                                      | NYSCEF Doc. No. 28 |\n| 17. | Paul Hasting's Chinese Translation of Kwok Affidavit in Ace Decade     |                    |\n|     | Holdings Limited v. UBS AG                                             |                    |\n| 18. | Certificate of Translation for Kwok Affidavit Ace Decade Holdings      |                    |\n|     | Limited v. UBS AG                                                      |                    |\n| 19. | Affidavit of<br>Yu Yong in Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG       | NYSCEF Doc. No. 29 |\n| 20. | Email chain beginning on January 30, 2015 at 6:36 PM, in which R.      |                    |\n|     | Barnett of Williams & Connolly emailed multiple individuals concerning | PWRWG00002204—     |\n|     | Mr. Kwok's desire to retain real estate counsel                        | PWRWG00002205      |\n| 21. | Engagement letter between Boies Schiller and Miles Kwok                | KWOK_M_00000008    |\n| 22. | Email chain beginning on May 18, 2015 in which Kristin Beirne emailed  |                    |\n|     | a Kwok Office email address concerning 2015 annual shareholder         | PWRWG00002433—     |\n|     | meeting proxy information for the Sherry Netherland                    | PWRWG00002434      |\n| 23. | Email chain beginning on Feb. 27, 2015 in which Kathy Sloane emailed a | PWRWG00002413—     |\n|     | Kwok Office email address concerning the Carlyle apartment             | PWRWG00002416      |\n| 24. | Email chain beginning on Feb. 24, 2015 in which a Kwok Office email    |                    |\n|     | address emailed Adam Wolfson of Wolfsom Insurance Brokerage, Inc.      | PWRWG00002298—     |\n|     | concerning insurance coverage for the Sherry Netherland                | PWRWG00002299      |\n| 25. | Audio File, Section 341 Meeting, dated March 21, 2022                  |                    |\n| 26. | Audio File, Section 341 Meeting, dated April 6, 2022                   |                    |\n| 27. | Deposition Transcript of Ho Wan Kwok, dated November 11, 2021          |                    |\n| 28. | Deposition Transcript of Una Wilkinson, dated November 11, 2021        |                    |\n|     |                                                                        |                    |\n\nThe Trustee reserves the right to supplement or amend this list, including based on the\n\nresults of ongoing discovery. The Trustee further reserves the right to introduce or otherwise\n\nrely upon any exhibit offered by any other party. The Trustee further reserves the right to\n\nintroduce additional exhibits for rebuttal or impeachment purposes.\n\n[*Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank*]\n\nDated: November 11, 2022 LUC A. DESPINS, New Haven, Connecticut CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey*\n\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*and*\n\nNicholas A. Bassett (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nAvram E. Luft (admitted *pro hac vice*) Douglass Barron (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 aviluft@paulhastings.com douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\nx\n\n关于：　:\n:　第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，　:\n:\n:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1　:\n:　合并审理\n-----------------------------------------------------------　x\n第 11 章受托人关于 2022 年 11 月 15 日听证会的证人名单和证据目录，该听证会涉及第 11 章受托人关于因个人债务人未遵守公司治理权裁定而对其判定民事藐视法庭的动议\n\nLuc Despins 作为个人债务人破产财产被指定的第 11 章受托人（下称“受托人”），由其下述署名法律顾问代表，并根据法院《关于批准加快举行藐视法庭动议听证会动议的裁定》[ECF No. 1044]，就定于 Hon. Julia A. Manning（朱莉娅·A·曼宁法官）主持下在 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (Bridgeport)（美国康涅狄格州破产法院（布里奇波特）），Courtroom 123, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT 举行的关于《第 11 章受托人关于因债务人未遵守公司治理权裁定而作出判定其构成民事藐视法庭裁定的动议》[ECF No. 913]（下称“动议”）的 2022 年 11 月 15 日听证会（下称“听证会”），提交本证人名单和证据目录。\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）（下称“个人债务人”）和 Genever Holdings Corporation（下称“Genever BVI 债务人”）。受托人和 Genever BVI 债务人的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所）, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于接收通知和联络之目的）。\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 1083 Filed 11/11/22 Entered 11/11/22 14:29:50 Page 2 of 5\n证人名单\n\n受托人指定以下其目前预期可能在听证会上被传唤作证的个人：\n\n- 1. Ho Wan Kwok；\n- 2. Una Wilkinson；\n- 3. 任何及所有由相对方传唤的证人；\n- 4. 为证明文件真实性所必需的其他证人；\n- 5. 用于反驳目的的其他证人。\n\n受托人保留补充或修改本名单的权利，包括基于正在进行的证据开示结果进行补充或修改。\n\n[本页余下部分有意留白\n证据目录\n\n证据编号　证据描述　卷宗编号2或\n贝茨编号3\n\n1.　Vice News，《流亡中国亿万富翁利用 YouTube 发起反腐战争》，YOUTUBE，（2017 年 11 月 15 日）（见于\nhttp）\n2.　Vice News，《打倒中共与世界上最酷的独裁者》，SHOWTIME，\n（首播日期：2021 年 12 月 19 日）（见于\nhttp>worlds-coolest-dictator）\n3.　Steve Bannon 的《战情室：大流行》，第 241 集 –\n《大流行：中共针对美国的信息战》（嘉宾：Miles Guo 与 Jack Posobiec），\n（2020 年 6 月 18 日）\nhttp>QW2Nzr8/view?usp=sharing\n4.　动议裁定与命令，日期为 2022 年 2 月 9 日，PAX v. Kwok，\n索引号 652077/2017（N.Y. Sup. Ct.（纽约州最高法院））　ECF No. 913，证据\nB\n5.　动议裁定与命令，日期为 2020 年 7 月 7 日，PAX v. Kwok，索引号\n652077/2017（纽约州最高法院）　ECF No. 913，证据\nC\n6.　诉讼请求详情，Kwok Ho Wan & Ors. v. UBS，Cl-2020-000345，\nHigh Court of Justice of England and Wales Queen's Bench Division Commercial Court（英格兰及威尔士高等法院王座法庭商事法庭），日期为 2020 年 9 月 23 日　ECF No. 913，证据\nD\n7.　第 341 条会议记录，日期为 2022 年 4 月 6 日　ECF No. 913，证据\nE\n8.　2022 年 8 月 31 日受托人致债务人法律顾问的信函，要求\n债务人促使其在 Ace Decade 的股份不迟于 2022 年 9 月 6 日转让给受托人　ECF No. 913，证据\nF\n9.　2022 年 9 月 6 日状况通报会的记录　ECF No. 913，证据\nG\n10.　第 341 条会议记录，日期为 2022 年 3 月 21 日\n11.　起诉状，Guo Wengui v. Joshua Schiller, et al.，Supreme Court of the\nState of New York, County of New York（纽约州最高法院纽约县），索引号 150001/2019（2018 年 12 月\n31 日）　NYSCEF Doc. No. 1\n12.　支持被告强迫仲裁动议的法律备忘录，Guo Wengui v. Joshua Schiller, et al.，纽约州最高法院纽约县，索引号 150001/2019　NYSCEF Doc. No. 3\n13.　Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP v. Miles Kwok 案的终局仲裁裁决　NYSCEF Doc. No. 3，\n证据 B\n\n2 本文所提及的所有卷宗条目均包括其所附的所有证据和声明书。凡提及 ECF No. 均指在上述标题案件卷宗中提交的文件。所有其他卷宗编号的提及均指各证据编号所描述的案件。\n\n3 所有贝茨编号均由提供方提供。\n\n14.　Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG 案起诉状　NYSCEF Doc. No. 1\n\n15.　Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG 案中 Kwok 的宣誓书　NYSCEF Doc. No. 27\n16.　Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG 案中 Kwok 提供的 Kwok 宣誓书中译本　NYSCEF Doc. No. 28\n17.　Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG 案中 Paul Hastings 提供的 Kwok 宣誓书中译本\n18.　Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG 案中 Kwok 宣誓书的翻译证明\n19.　Ace Decade Holdings Limited v. UBS AG 案中 Yu Yong 的宣誓书　NYSCEF Doc. No. 29\n20.　始于 2015 年 1 月 30 日下午 6:36 的电子邮件链，其中 Williams & Connolly（威廉姆斯与康诺利律师事务所）的 R. Barnett 发送电子邮件给多人，涉及\nKwok 先生希望聘请房地产法律顾问事宜　PWRWG00002204—\nPWRWG00002205\n21.　Boies Schiller 与 Miles Kwok 之间的聘用函　KWOK_M_00000008\n22.　始于 2015 年 5 月 18 日的电子邮件链，其中 Kristin Beirne 发送电子邮件至\nKwok 办公室的电子邮箱，涉及 Sherry Netherland 2015 年度股东\n大会委托代理信息　PWRWG00002433—\nPWRWG00002434\n23.　始于 2015 年 2 月 27 日的电子邮件链，其中 Kathy Sloane 发送电子邮件至\nKwok 办公室的电子邮箱，涉及 Carlyle 公寓　PWRWG00002413—\nPWRWG00002416\n24.　始于 2015 年 2 月 24 日的电子邮件链，其中 Kwok 办公室的电子邮箱\n发送电子邮件给 Wolfson Insurance Brokerage, Inc. 的 Adam Wolfson，\n涉及 Sherry Netherland 的保险覆盖范围　PWRWG00002298—\nPWRWG00002299\n25.　录音文件，第 341 条会议，日期为 2022 年 3 月 21 日\n26.　录音文件，第 341 条会议，日期为 2022 年 4 月 6 日\n27.　Ho Wan Kwok 的作证笔录，日期为 2021 年 11 月 11 日\n28.　Una Wilkinson 的作证笔录，日期为 2021 年 11 月 11 日\n\n受托人保留补充或修改本名单的权利，包括基于正在进行的证据开示结果进行补充或修改。受托人进一步保留引入或以其他方式依赖任何其他当事人提出的任何证据的权利。受托人进一步保留为反驳或弹劾目的引入额外证据的权利。\n\n[本页余下部分有意留白]\n\n日期：2022 年 11 月 11 日 LUC A. DESPINS，康涅狄格州纽黑文 第 11 章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Patrick R. Linsey\n\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n以及\n\nNicholas A. Bassett（特许出庭） PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n以及\n\nAvram E. Luft（特许出庭） Douglass Barron（特许出庭） PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 aviluft@paulhastings.com douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n第 11 章受托人的法律顾问","key_entities":["Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","CCP","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","Luc Despins","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":913,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1044,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1331,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-11-11 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-11-11","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:59:45"}