KUALA LUMPUR – Former beauty queen Pauline Chai Siew Phin is claiming that the divorce petition filed against her here by tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng is now “academic”, with an English court declaring them as being officially divorced.

In a message to The Star through her counsel New Sin Yew, Chai, 70, said: “I’m so relieved that I have a resolution to this long, four-year process. I look forward to moving on to the next chapter in life with my family.”