Chinese billionaire Xiao Jianhua abducted from Hong Kong hotel – reports

the guardian ^ | Tuesday 31 January 2017 21.45 EST | Benjamin Haas

[BenLurkin]

A billionaire with links to the family of Xi Jinping was reportedly taken from his apartment in the Four Seasons in Hong Kong by Chinese police and taken to the mainland.

Xiao Jianhua, one of China’s richest men, is currently in police custody on the mainland, the Financial Times and New York Times reported. He may be assisting with a graft investigation, part of the Chinese president’s sweeping campaign that critics say is more about consolidating power than tackling corruption.

If Chinese police were involved in Xiao’s abduction from Hong Kong, it would appear to violate the former British colony’s mini-constitution, which only permits the Hong Kong police to operate in the territory.

Xiao was born in China, is a Canadian citizen and holds a diplomatic passport from Antigua and Barbuda, reports said. He was living in a luxury apartment at the Four Seasons but a group of plain clothes Chinese security agents allegedly escorted him from the hotel across the border to the mainland, reports said. There was so sign of a struggle on CCTV footage taken at the hotel.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Xiao means “little” in Mandarin.

[ifinnegan]

"Xiao means “little” in Mandarin."

Hi Doctor. Xiao (小) does mean little. But his xiao is 肖, a different xiao.

I don't know how I missed this post last week. China is pretty unstable right now.

Take care, Doctor.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Different inflection?
My late kitty was Xiao Hu