China: Sino-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua 13 years in prison

(ANSA) - BEIJING, AUGUST 19 - The Sino-Canadian tycoon XiaoJianhua, who disappeared from a Hong Kong hotel in early 2017, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for financial crimes by a Shanghai court at the end of the trial that started in July.

    Xiao, one of the most controversial billionaires of the Dragon, with close ties to the upper echelons of the Communist Party, disappeared on the eve of the Lunar New Year 2017 from the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong with a blitz by Chinese agents, when Beijing was not allowed to operate. in the former colony.

Later, his disappearance was linked to the anti-corruption campaign of President Xi Jinping, in power since 2012.

   (ANSA).