Chinese tycoon’s body identified from copter crash
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French police yesterday said a body found near a river in France’s wine-growing Bordeaux region has been identified as Chinese tycoon Lam Kok who died in a helicopter crash as he flew over a newly-acquired wine estate.
His body was found last Friday near the accident site, almost two months after the copter crashed into the Dordogne.
“The body was formally identified after DNA tests to be that of Lam Kok,” said colonel Ghislain Rety, who heads the gendarmerie in the Gironde, where the vineyard is located.
The 46-year-old tea magnate had invited the press to his new property on December 20 to celebrate the US$41-million purchase.
He took off on a helicopter tour of the estate — which he intended to turn into a tea and wine-tasting retreat — with his 12-year-old son, his financial advisor and the chateau’s former owner James Gregoire.
It crashed soon after taking to the air. The three other bodies have been found.
He had been the latest Chinese investor to acquire a vineyard in Bordeaux’s Fronsac wine-producing region, and close to the prestigious Saint-Emilion domain.
Wealthy Chinese have developed a taste for fine French wines, and their buying power has been credited with pushing prices for certain vintages to record levels.
They are also now acquiring French vineyards.
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