{"id":"court_ctb_404_24","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":404,"sub_number":24,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"EXHIBIT PAX 24 Decision and Order on Motion, *PAX v. Kwok*, Index. No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), Dkt. 728","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **EXHIBIT PAX 24**\n\nDecision and Order on Motion, *PAX v. Kwok*, Index. No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), Dkt. 728\n\n## **SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY**\n\n| PRESENT:                                     | HON. BARRY R. OSTRAGER                                                             | PART                           | IAS MOTION 61EFM           |  |  |  |\n|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|--|--|--|\n|                                              |                                                                                    | Justice                        |                            |  |  |  |\n|                                              | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------X |                                |                            |  |  |  |\n| PACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY FUND L.P., |                                                                                    | INDEX NO.                      | 652077/2017                |  |  |  |\n|                                              | Plaintiff,                                                                         |                                |                            |  |  |  |\n|                                              | -<br>v -                                                                           | MOTION DATE<br>MOTION SEQ. NO. | 012                        |  |  |  |\n| KWOK                                         | HO WAN, a/k/a KWOK HO, et al.,                                                     |                                | DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION |  |  |  |\n|                                              | Defendants.                                                                        |                                |                            |  |  |  |\n|                                              | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------X |                                |                            |  |  |  |\n\n## HON. BARRY R. OSTRAGER\n\nBefore the Court is Motion 012 by Plaintiff Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.\n\n(\"PAX\") to hold Defendant Kwok Ho Wan (\"Kwok\") in contempt. This Court previously issued\n\nthree orders restraining Kwok's interest in the yacht called the \"Lady May.\" On September 30,\n\n2020, this Court entered a Temporary Restraining Order (the \"TRO\") preventing Kwok from,\n\namong other things, \"interference with any property in which he has an interest.\" NYSCEF Doc.\n\nNo. 591. In issuing the TRO, the Court noted that \"[a]ny violation . . . shall be considered\n\ncriminal contempt.\" *Id.* On October 15, 2020, the Court issued the Order, which granted PAX's\n\nmotion under CPLR 5229 and expressly restrained the Lady May:\n\nMr. Kwok is restrained from making or causing any sale, assignment, transfer, or interference with any property in which he has an interest, whether directly or indirectly, and from paying over or otherwise disposing of any debt now due or thereafter coming due to him subject to the exceptions set forth in CPLR 5222, in accordance with the proceedings on the record of October 15, 2020. Specifically, Mr. Kwok and/or the registered owners of (1) the Residence at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel and (2) the yacht, \"the Lady May\" are restrained from making or causing any sale, assignment, transfer, or interference with those assets.\n\nNYSCEF Doc. No. 630. Counsel for Kwok specifically asked the Court whether Kwok could move the yacht from the jurisdiction for licensing purposes. The Court denied this request at the time and directed counsel to make a motion if necessary.\n\nPlaintiff brings this motion because, despite these orders, the Lady May has been moved outside of the United States.\n\nThe Court has reviewed the extensive submissions of the parties in connection with PAX's motion to hold Kwok in contempt. Passing the issue of whether any of Mr. Kwok's attorneys have violated the Code of Professional Conduct, it is clear that there has been an intolerable amount of gamesmanship, dissembling. and deceit in proceedings before this Court relating to the whereabouts and ownership of the yacht \"Lady May.\"\n\nThe defendant claims that the yacht was removed from the jurisdiction of this Court for \"ordinary course\" \"winter maintenance\" notwithstanding restraints imposed on the movement of the yacht by the Court. Rather than catalogue the many \"shell games\" defendant Kwok has engaged in with the assistance of counsel who should know better, the Court grants the motion for contempt to the following extent: For every day that the yacht is outside the jurisdiction of this Court after May 15, 2021, defendant Kwok will be fined \\$500,000. The other restraints relating to the ownership and control of the yacht remain in place.\n\n2\n\nA status conference remains scheduled for May 4, 2021 at 10:00 am.\n\nDated: March 16, 2021\n\n| CHECK ONE:            |   | CASE DISPOSED              |  |        | X | NON-FINAL DISPOSITION |  |           |\n|-----------------------|---|----------------------------|--|--------|---|-----------------------|--|-----------|\n|                       | X | GRANTED                    |  | DENIED |   | GRANTED IN PART       |  | OTHER     |\n| APPLICATION:          |   | SETTLE ORDER               |  |        |   | SUBMIT ORDER          |  |           |\n| CHECK IF APPROPRIATE: |   | INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN |  |        |   | FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT |  | REFERENCE |","body_zh":"证据 PAX 24\n\n动议裁定及命令，PAX 诉 Kwok，案号 Index. No. 652077/2017（N.Y. Sup. Ct. [纽约州最高法院]），Dkt. 728\nSUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY（纽约州最高法院纽约县）\n\n出席法官：HON. BARRY R. OSTRAGER（巴里·R·奥斯特拉格法官） 部门 IAS MOTION 61EFM\n\n法官\n\nPACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY FUND L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙）， 案号 652077/2017\n原告，\n\n诉 - 动议日期\n动议序号 012\nKWOK HO WAN, a/k/a KWOK HO, et al.（郭文贵，又名郭浩等）， 动议裁定 + 命令\n被告。\n\nHON. BARRY R. OSTRAGER（巴里·R·奥斯特拉格法官）\n\n本院现审理由原告 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙）\n\n（“PAX”）提出、要求认定被告 Kwok Ho Wan（郭文贵，“Kwok”）藐视法庭的动议 012。本院此前曾发布\n\n三项命令，限制郭文贵在名为“Lady May（梅夫人号）”的游艇中的权益。2020年9月30日，\n\n本院做出一项临时限制令（“TRO”），禁止郭文贵（除其他事项外）\n\n“干预其享有权益的任何财产”。NYSCEF Doc.\n\nNo. 591。在做出该临时限制令时，本院指出，“[任]何违反行为……均应被视为\n\n刑事藐视法庭。”出处同上。2020年10月15日，本院发布了该命令，准许了 PAX 根据\n\nCPLR 5229 提出的动议，并明确限制了“梅夫人号”：\n\n根据2020年10月15日记录在案的诉讼程序，在符合 CPLR 5222 所列例外的规制下，限制郭先生直接或间接地进行或促成任何出售、转让、转移或干预其享有权益的任何财产的行为，并限制其清偿或以其他方式处置现已到期或此后应付给他的任何债务。具体而言，限制郭先生及/或（1）雪莉-尼德兰酒店（Sherry-Netherland Hotel）住所和（2）游艇“梅夫人号”（the Lady May）的登记所有权人进行或促成针对该等资产的任何出售、转让、转移或干预行为。\n\nNYSCEF Doc. No. 630。郭文贵的律师曾明确向本院询问，郭文贵是否可以出于取得牌照许可的目的将该游艇移出管辖范围。本院当时驳回了该请求，并指示律师在必要时提出动议。\n\n原告提出本动议是因为，尽管有上述命令，“梅夫人号”仍被移到了美国境外。\n\n本院已审阅双方就 PAX 要求认定郭文贵藐视法庭的动议所提交的大量材料。暂且不论郭先生的任何代理律师是否违反了《职业行为守则》（Code of Professional Conduct），显而易见的是，在本院就游艇“梅夫人号”的去向和所有权所进行的诉讼程序中，存在着令人无法容忍的耍弄手段、掩饰推诿以及欺诈行为。\n\n被告声称，将游艇移出本院管辖范围是出于“常规业务”的“冬季维护”，尽管法院对该游艇的移动施加了限制。本院无意一一列举被告郭文贵在理应更懂法律的律师协助下所玩的诸多“障眼戏法”，现准许藐视法庭动议至以下范围：在2021年5月15日之后，该游艇处于本院管辖范围之外的每一天，被告郭文贵将被处以每天 $500,000 的罚款。关于该游艇所有权和控制权的其他限制依然有效。\n案情通报会仍定于2021年5月4日上午10:00举行。\n\n日期：2021年3月16日\n\n勾选一项： 结案 X 非终局处置\n\nX 准许 驳回 部分准许 其他\n申请： 议定命令 提交命令\n如适用请勾选： 包含移交/重新分派 破产管理人指定 移送案件审查","key_entities":["Kwok","Je"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":728,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":683,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:35:54"}