{"id":"court_ctb_440_22","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":440,"sub_number":22,"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|                       |  | 22-50073                   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|-----------------------|--|----------------------------|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|\n| Ho Wan Kwok<br>IN RE: |  |                            |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|                       |  |                            |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| PAX                   |  | 24                         |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|                       |  |                            |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|                       |  | 5/25/2022 Admitted in Full |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|                       |  | P.E.                       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|                       |  |                            |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|                       |  |                            |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\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:<br>INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN |   |               |  | FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT |   | REFERENCE             |  |       |","body_zh":"物证 PAX 24\n\n动议裁定与命令，PAX 诉 Kwok（郭文贵），案号 652077/2017（纽约州最高法院 [N.Y. Sup. Ct.]），案卷号 728\n\n22-50073\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）\n关于：\n\nPAX 24\n\n5/25/2022 全面采纳为证据\n原告物证\n\n纽约州最高法院 纽约县\n\n出席法官：BARRY R. OSTRAGER（巴里·R·奥斯特拉格）阁下 审判庭 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（郭浩云，又名郭浩）等， 动议裁定 + 命令\n被告。\n\nBARRY R. OSTRAGER（巴里·R·奥斯特拉格）阁下\n\n现呈交法院审理的是原告 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙，简称“PAX”）请求判定被告 Kwok Ho Wan（郭文贵，简称“Kwok”）藐视法庭的第 012 号动议。本院此前曾发布三项限制 Kwok 在名为“Lady May（梅夫人号）”的游艇中所持权益的命令。2020年9月30日，本院作出一项临时限制令（简称“TRO”），禁止 Kwok（除其他事项外）“干涉其拥有权益的任何财产”。NYSCEF 编号 591。在发布 TRO 时，法院指出，“任何违反行为……均应被视为刑事藐视法庭。”同上。2020年10月15日，法院发布命令，准许 PAX 根据 CPLR 5229 提出的动议，并明确对 Lady May 施加限制：\n\n根据2020年10月15日的庭审记录程序，在遵守 CPLR 5222 所列例外的原则下，禁止 Kwok 先生直接或间接进行或促成对其拥有权益的任何财产的任何出售、转让、转移或干涉，并禁止其清偿或以其他方式处分目前到期或此后应付给他的任何债务。具体而言，禁止 Kwok 先生和/或（1）Sherry-Netherland Hotel（雪莉-荷兰酒店）居所及（2）游艇“Lady May”的登记所有权人进行或促成对该等资产的任何出售、转让、转移或干涉。\n\nNYSCEF 编号 630。Kwok 的律师曾特别询问法院，Kwok 是否出于许可执照目的将该游艇移出司法管辖区。法院当时驳回了该请求，并指示律师如有必要可提出动议。\n\n原告提起本动议，是因为尽管有上述命令，Lady May 仍被移出了美国境外。\n\n法院已审阅各方就 PAX 请求判定 Kwok 藐视法庭的动议所提交的大量材料。暂且不论 Kwok 先生的律师中是否有任何人违反了《职业行为守则》，显而易见的是，在本院就涉及游艇“Lady May”的行踪和所有权的诉讼程序中，存在着令人无法容忍的耍弄手腕、掩饰推诿以及欺诈行为。\n\n被告声称，尽管法院对游艇的移动施加了限制，但该游艇被移出本院司法管辖区是为了“常规”的“冬季维护”。法院无意列举被告 Kwok 在本应深谙规则的律师协助下所玩弄的诸多“三仙归洞（骗局）”，本院在下列范围内准许此项藐视法庭动议：自2021年5月15日之后，游艇在本院司法管辖区之外每停留一天，被告 Kwok 将被罚款 $500,000。涉及该游艇所有权和控制权的其他限制措施依然有效。\n案件进展会议仍定于2021年5月4日上午10:00举行。\n\n日期：2021年3月16日\n\n单选一项： 结案 X 非终局处置\n\nX 准许 驳回 部分准许 其他\n申请： 和解命令 提交命令\n如适用请勾选：\n包含移送/重新分配 破产管理人/受托人指定 提交裁判官审查","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Je"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":728,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":794,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:39:52"}