{"id":"court_ctb_342_1","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":342,"sub_number":1,"doc_type":"EXHIBIT","filed_date":"2022-05-10","title":"EXHIBIT A","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **EXHIBIT**\n\n**A**\n\n### **FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/28/2022 10:04 PM** INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1162 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 Case 22-50073 Doc 342-1 Filed 05/10/22 Entered 05/10/22 16:22:22 Page 2 of 7\n\n| SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK<br>COUNTY OF NEW YORK Part 61 – Commercial Division                                                  |               |             |                             |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------------------|\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X<br>PACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY FUND L.P., |               | :           |                             |\n| Plaintiff,                                                                                                                                  |               | :<br>:<br>: | Index No.<br>652077/2017    |\n| v.<br>KWOK HO WAN, GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC, and<br>GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION,                                                               |               | :<br>:      | Hon. Barry<br>Ostrager, JSC |\n|                                                                                                                                             |               | :<br>:      | Affidavit of                |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X                                                 | Defendants.   | :<br>:      | Mei Guo                     |\n| STATE OF NEW YORK                                                                                                                           | )<br>)<br>ss. |             |                             |\n| COUNTY OF YORK                                                                                                                              | )             |             |                             |\n\nI, Mei Guo, being duly sworn upon oath, depose, and state:\n\n1. I submit this Affidavit in support of Defendant Kwok Ho Wan's opposition to the motion of plaintiff, Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P., seeking to hold Mr. Kwok in contempt. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth below.\n\n2. I am the owner of the yacht, the \"Lady May.\" I have been the owner of the Lady May since in or about June 2017.\n\n3. Kwok Ho Wan is my father. He has been a political target of the Chinese Communist Party (\"CCP\") for years. My father fled mainland China and, ultimately, Hong Kong to the United States in early 2015, after learning that the CCP was going to arrest him on politically motivated charges based upon fabricated evidence. The CCP took his refusal to submit to the false charges out on my mother, my extended family, and me.\n\n4. Just days after my father arrived in the United States, representatives of the CCP detained my mother and me for approximately 10 days. I alone was detained a second time in or about December 2016 for approximately 40 days. During each of those detentions, my\n\n#### **FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/28/2022 10:04 PM** INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1162 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 Case 22-50073 Doc 342-1 Filed 05/10/22 Entered 05/10/22 16:22:22 Page 3 of 7\n\ncommunications with my family were cutoff, and I was physically and psychologically tortured. For example, I was kept awake for 48 hours at a time, monitored every minute of every day, and prohibited from physically moving, using the bathroom, or even brushing my hair, without the permission of my jailers.\n\n5. Following my release, my father remained an outspoken critic of the CCP and its many abuses. His criticisms continued to anger Chinese authorities. In or about April 2017, a high-ranking Chinese official told my mother and me that we would be permitted to briefly visit my father in the United States if we could convince him to stop exposing the CCP's corruption and return to China.\n\n6. On May 16, 2017, I traveled from China to the United States with my mother accompanied by the high-ranking Chinese official and several Chinese security agents. My mother and I were bargaining chips. During that visit, the high-ranking Chinese official was unable to coerce my dad to return to China. My mother and I disregarded the Chinese official's demands that we return to China, and remained in the United States. I feared being re-arrested and tortured again in China, and am presently seeking political asylum in the United States.\n\n7. Although removed from the immediate dangers of living in China, I am not beyond the reach of the CCP and its agents. Indeed, I am regularly the subject of threats on social media, and am forced to live in constant fear for my safety.\n\n8. At the time I escaped from the CCP's brutality, the Lady May was owned by Hong Kong International Funds Investments Limited (\"HK International\"), and the sole member of HK International was Qu Guojiao. I understand that Ms. Qu was a trusted business partner of my brother's, as well as my uncles' and cousins'.\n\n2\n\n#### **FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/28/2022 10:04 PM** INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1162 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 Case 22-50073 Doc 342-1 Filed 05/10/22 Entered 05/10/22 16:22:22 Page 4 of 7\n\n9. However, from the time of its purchase, the Lady May was always intended to be my boat given my love of the ocean. Indeed, it bears my name. In June 2017, when I was safely in the United States, ownership of the Lady May was transferred to me.\n\n10. I signed paperwork that is attached to this Affirmation as **Plaintiff's Exhibit 16** at HKI-0017-18, Instrument of Transfer and Sold Note**,** dated June 27,2017. That paperwork reflected a transfer of HK International (and its sole asset, the Lady May) from Ms. Qu to me. I chose to put the boat in my name because the Lady May was always intended to be my boat, and because Ms. Qu was under threat from the CCP in Hong Kong.\n\n11. On or about April 17, 2020, I transferred ownership of the Lady May from HK International to HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC (\"HK USA\"). *See*  **Plaintiff's Exhibit 16** at HKI-0019-20,Certificate of British Registry, dated April 17, 2020. I did so upon the advice of my counsel. Like HK International, I am the sole owner of HK USA. *See* **Joint Exhibit 3**, HKI International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC Agreement, dated April 1, 2019.\n\n12. Neither HK International nor HK USA has any bank account or source of income. All expenses for the Lady May, including fuel, maintenance, and costs for the captain and crew, were paid for by my family's family office, Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. (\"Golden Spring\"), and now by Lamp Capital LLC.\n\n13. While Golden Spring and Lamp Capital have been responsible for paying yachtrelated expenses, I alone am responsible for directing the Lady May's operations. For example, I directed that crewmembers who staff the Lady May execute nondisclosure agreements countersigned by me. Additionally, I countersigned the contract with Phoenix Crew IC Limited, the company responsible for hiring the boat's crewmembers. A copy of that agreement is\n\n3\n\nattached as **Defendant's Exhibit 5**, Agreement for the Provision of Employees, dated September 1, 2021.\n\n14. I am likewise solely responsible for directing the Lady May's movements. For example, in early October 2020, I no longer wished to use the boat for the season due to the weather, and I relayed that to Golden Spring. Golden Spring, in turn, relayed my directive to the then captain, Craig Heaslop, who sailed the boat South to warmer waters.\n\n15. While in Florida and the Bahamas, the Lady May underwent needed inspections and maintenance. When completed, my brother, who resides in Europe, asked if he could have access to the yacht.\n\n16. I was happy to accommodate my brother's request, and directed that the Lady May travel to Europe. My directive was relayed by Golden Spring to Captain Heaslop.\n\n17. While I have a basic understanding of the litigation before this Court, I have not been following it closely. Neither HK USA nor I is a party to the action, and beyond producing certain corporate records maintained by HK USA, I have been uninvolved.\n\n18. As a general matter, where the Lady May travels and when it travels is my decision. My father does not control its movements.\n\n19. It was my decision for the boat to travel from New York to Florida in October 2020, not my father's decision.\n\n20. I was aware, through my counsel, of the Court's Order requiring the Lady May to return to New York in May 2021. However, given that I am the owner of the Lady May, and that neither HK USA nor I is a party to this action, I did not want the boat to travel to New York, and, after consulting with counsel, directed instead that it proceed to Europe as had been longplanned at significant expense. Again, that decision was mine alone, not my father's.\n\n4\n\n#### **FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/28/2022 10:04 PM** INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1162 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 Case 22-50073 Doc 342-1 Filed 05/10/22 Entered 05/10/22 16:22:22 Page 6 of 7\n\n![](_page_6_Picture_0.jpeg)\n\n## **Certificate of Word Count**\n\nAs required by Rule 17 of the Rules of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court, I certify that this affirmation was prepared using Microsoft Word, and the total number of words in this affirmation, exclusive of the caption, title and signature block, is less than 7,000 words.\n\nDated: New York, New York Respectfully submitted,\n\nJanuary 28, 2022 **BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP**\n\n*\\_/s/ \\_John Siegal\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_*\n\nJohn Siegal 45 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10111 JSiegal@bakerlaw.com\n\n*Attorneys for Defendant Kwok Ho Wan*","body_zh":"证据\n\nA\n提交日期：NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK（纽约县法院文书官）01/28/2022 10:04 PM 索引号 652077/2017 NYSCEF 文件编号 1162 收到日期 NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 案件编号 22-50073 文件 342-1 提交于 05/10/22 录入于 05/10/22 16:22:22 第 2 页，共 7 页\n\nSUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK（纽约州最高法院）\nCOUNTY OF NEW YORK（纽约县）第 61 审判庭 – 商事部\n\nPACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY FUND L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙），\n原告，\n案号：\n652077/2017\n对\nKWOK HO WAN（郭浩云/郭文贵）、GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC（金辉控股有限责任公司）以及\nGENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION（金辉控股公司），\n法官：Hon. Barry Ostrager（巴里·奥斯特拉格）, JSC（纽约州最高法院大法官）\n宣誓书：\n被告。\nMei Guo（郭美）\n纽约州 ）\n）\n证明属实（ss.）\n纽约县 ）\n\n我，Mei Guo（郭美），经依法宣誓，作证并陈述如下：\n\n1. 我提交本宣誓书，以支持被告 Kwok Ho Wan（郭浩云/郭文贵）反对原告 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙）请求裁定郭先生藐视法庭的动议。我对下述事实具有亲身知情。\n\n2. 我是“Lady May”（梅月号）游艇的所有人。自 2017 年 6 月前后起，我一直是 Lady May 的所有人。\n\n3. Kwok Ho Wan 是我的父亲。多年来，他一直是 Chinese Communist Party（“CCP”，中国共产党）的政治目标。我父亲在得知 CCP 企图基于伪造证据以政治动机为由指控逮捕他后，于 2015 年初逃离中国大陆，并最终经由香港逃往美国。CCP 将他拒绝屈服于虚假指控的怒火发泄在我的母亲、我的家族亲属和我身上。\n\n4. 就在我父亲抵达美国数天后，CCP 的代表拘留了我的母亲和我大约 10 天。在 2016 年 12 月前后，我单独一人再次被拘留了大约 40 天。在每一次拘留期间，我\n提交日期：NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/28/2022 10:04 PM 索引号 652077/2017 NYSCEF 文件编号 1162 收到日期 NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 案件编号 22-50073 文件 342-1 提交于 05/10/22 录入于 05/10/22 16:22:22 第 3 页，共 7 页\n\n与家人的通讯均被切断，并遭受了身体和心理上的折磨。例如，我曾被连续 48 小时不准睡觉，每天的每一分钟都受到监控，并且未经看守人员的允许，被禁止身体移动、上厕所，甚至梳头。\n\n5. 在我获释后，我父亲仍然直言不讳地批评 CCP 及其诸多滥权行为。他的批评持续激怒中国当局。在 2017 年 4 月前后，一名中国高级官员告诉我母亲和我，如果我们能说服我父亲停止揭露 CCP 的腐败并返回中国，我们将被允许短暂前往美国探望我的父亲。\n\n6. 2017 年 5 月 16 日，我在那名中国高级官员和数名中国安全人员的陪同下，与母亲一起从中国前往美国。我和母亲成了谈判筹码。在这次访问期间，该中国高级官员未能强迫我父亲返回中国。我和母亲不顾该中国官员要求我们返回中国的命令，留在了美国。我害怕在中国再次被捕并再次遭受酷刑，目前正在美国寻求政治庇护。\n\n7. 虽然脱离了在中国生活的直接危险，但我仍未完全摆脱 CCP 及其代理人的势力范围。事实上，我经常在社交媒体上受到威胁，不得不生活在对自身安全的持续恐惧中。\n\n8. 在我逃离 CCP 的残暴迫害时，Lady May 由 Hong Kong International Funds Investments Limited（“HK International”，香港国际基金投资有限公司）所有，且 HK International 的唯一成员是 Qu Guojiao（屈国姣）。据我了解，屈女士是我哥哥、以及我几位叔伯和堂表亲信赖的业务伙伴。\n\n提交日期：NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/28/2022 10:04 PM 索引号 652077/2017 NYSCEF 文件编号 1162 收到日期 NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 案件编号 22-50073 文件 342-1 提交于 05/10/22 录入于 05/10/22 16:22:22 第 4 页，共 7 页\n\n9. 然而，鉴于我对海洋的热爱，Lady May 从购买之初就一直打算作为我的游艇。事实上，它正是以我的名字命名的。2017 年 6 月，当我在美国安全之后，Lady May 的所有权被转让给了我。\n\n10. 我签署了作为原告证据 16 附于本确认书 HKI-0017-18 页的文书，即日期为 2017 年 6 月 27 日的《转让文据及买卖成交单据》（Instrument of Transfer and Sold Note）。该文件反映了 HK International（及其唯一资产 Lady May）由屈女士转让给我。我之所以选择将游艇登记在我的名下，是因为 Lady May 一直打算作为我的游艇，而且屈女士在香港受到了来自 CCP 的威胁。\n\n11. 在 2020 年 4 月 17 日前后，我将 Lady May 的所有权从 HK International 转让给了 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（“HK USA”，香港国际基金投资（美国）有限公司）。参见原告证据 16 之 HKI-0019-20，日期为 2020 年 4 月 17 日的《英国船舶注册证书》（Certificate of British Registry）。我是根据我的律师的建议这样做的。与 HK International 一样，我是 HK USA 的唯一所有人。参见联合证据 3，日期为 2019 年 4 月 1 日的《HKI International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC 协议》。\n\n12. HK International 和 HK USA 均没有任何银行账户或收入来源。Lady May 的所有开支，包括燃油费、维护费以及船长和船员的费用，均由我家族的家族办公室 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.（“Golden Spring”，源泉（纽约）有限公司）支付，现由 Lamp Capital LLC 支付。\n\n13. 尽管 Golden Spring 和 Lamp Capital 负责支付与游艇相关的费用，但仅由我一人负责指导 Lady May 的运营。例如，我指示在 Lady May 上工作的船员签署由我副署的保密协议。此外，我还副署了与 Phoenix Crew IC Limited（负责为游艇雇佣船员的公司）签订的合同。该协议的副本\n作为被告证据 5 附后，即日期为 2021 年 9 月 1 日的《员工提供协议》（Agreement for the Provision of Employees）。\n\n14. 我同样全权负责指示 Lady May 的航行路线。例如，在 2020 年 10 月初，由于天气原因，该航季我不再希望使用该游艇，并将此转告给 Golden Spring。Golden Spring 随后将我的指示转达给当时的船长 Craig Heaslop，后者将游艇向南驶往更温暖的水域。\n\n15. 在佛罗里达和巴哈马期间，Lady May 接受了必要的检查和维护。完成后，居住在欧洲的哥哥询问他是否可以使用该游艇。\n\n16. 我很乐意满足哥哥的要求，并指示 Lady May 前往欧洲。我的指示由 Golden Spring 转达给 Heaslop 船长。\n\n17. 虽然我对本法院审理的诉讼有基本的了解，但我并没有密切关注。HK USA 和我都不是本案的当事人，除了提供由 HK USA 保管的某些公司记录外，我并未参与其中。\n\n18. 一般而言，Lady May 开往何处以及何时航行是我的决定。我父亲并不控制它的航行。\n\n19. 游艇于 2020 年 10 月从纽约前往佛罗里达是我的决定，而不是我父亲的决定。\n\n20. 我通过我的律师获悉法院于 2021 年 5 月要求 Lady May 返回纽约的命令。然而，鉴于我是 Lady May 的所有人，且 HK USA 和我都不是本案当事人，我不希望该游艇前往纽约，并在咨询律师后指示其按长期规划继续前往欧洲，这付出了巨额费用。再次说明，该决定完全由我个人做出，而非我父亲。\n\n提交日期：NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 01/28/2022 10:04 PM 索引号 652077/2017 NYSCEF 文件编号 1162 收到日期 NYSCEF: 01/28/2022 案件编号 22-50073 文件 342-1 提交于 05/10/22 录入于 05/10/22 16:22:22 第 6 页，共 7 页\n字数证明\n\n根据最高法院商事部规则第 17 条的要求，我证明本确认书是使用 Microsoft Word 编制的，且本确认书的总字数（不包括案件抬头、标题和签名栏）少于 7,000 字。\n\n日期：纽约州纽约市 谨呈，\n\n2022 年 1 月 28 日 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP（贝克霍斯特勒律师事务所）\n\n\\_/s/ \\_John Siegal\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nJohn Siegal（约翰·西加尔） 45 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10111 JSiegal@bakerlaw.com\n\n被告 Kwok Ho Wan（郭浩云/郭文贵）之代理律师","key_entities":["CCP","Kwok","Guo","Je","Chinese Communist Party"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1457,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-05-10 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-05-10","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:54:51"}