Pro-Beijing billionaire property developer vows loyal ‘patriots’ will run the city
Huang Xiangmo, the billionaire property developer exiled from Australia as an alleged agent of Chinese influence, has been elected unopposed to a powerful Hong Kong electoral body on an avowedly pro-Beijing platform, promising loyal “patriots” would govern Hong Kong and quoting a key Communist party official and ally to president Xi Jinping.
Huang, whose $140m dispute with the Australian tax office reached the high court last week, said in his electoral campaign for the Hong Kong election committee he would ensure Beijing-loyalist “patriots administer Hong Kong”.
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