China declines comment on Singapore’s historic foreign interference case, says it’s another country’s internal affairs

China’s Foreign Ministry cited non-interference in the domestic affairs of another country. - PHOTO: AFP

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry has declined to comment on the case of Singaporean businessman Philip Chan, citing non-interference in the domestic affairs of another country.

Chan, 59, a naturalised Singaporean born in Hong Kong, was served notice on Feb 2 of the Singapore authorities’ intention to designate him as a politically significant person under the Republic’s foreign interference laws.