Evergrande Chairman’s Ex-Wife Was ‘Just a Housewife,’ Court Told

Ding Yumei, the ex-wife of China Evergrande Group Chairman Hui Ka Yan, faced off with liquidators in a Hong Kong court Friday, with lawyers arguing that she wasn’t sophisticated enough to understand the defaulted builder’s finances.

Ding’s legal representative said that she had never been an employee, officer or manager at the company and she has no constructive knowledge or responsibility for the company’s financial difficulties.

She is “just a housewife with no accounting background,” and wouldn’t be able to fully understand financial statements audited by PwC, according to the lawyer.

Ding was among a group of seven ...