- Xiang Xin and his wife Kung Ching, who were taken away by investigators on November 24, instruct lawyers to send letter to city’s representative office
- Prosecutors began investigating the pair after allegations were made about the company by self-proclaimed former Chinese spy Wang Liqiang
South China Morning Post
Date: 28 Dec, 2019
By: Laura Zhou
Two executives of a Hong Kong-listed company who have been detained for a month in Taiwan
China Innovation Investment Limited said in a statement on Friday that its chief executive Xiang Xin and his wife Kung Ching, an alternate director, had instructed their lawyers to send a letter seeking assistance to the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office – the city’s representative office in Taiwan.
The statement said Xiang and Kung hoped to “resolve the issue of restrictions on the basic human rights of Hong Kong permanent residents through official channels”.
China Trends Holdings Limited, another company owned by Xiang, issued a similar statement on Friday.2 [FULL STORY]