His wife, Nina Wang later launched a lengthy legal battle over her husband's will.
The Wangs moved to Hong Kong, and the business became the Chinachem Group, eventually becoming one of the territory's largest and most powerful companies due to its lucrative pharmaceutical division.
[3] He was taken away and chained to a bed for eight days until Nina Wang paid a ransom of HK$33 million.
Wang was kidnapped again on 10 April 1990 as he left the Jockey Club in Hong Kong.
Several of the alleged kidnappers were caught and said that the 56-year-old Wang had been thrown into the sea from a sampan on 13 April.