‘Politically significant person’ has ties to China, says SIngapore; Reports emerge of links to ‘copper king’ billionaire


Singapore: The first Singapore citizen to be tagged as a “politically significant person” under a 2021 law on foreign interference oversees the multimillion-dollar property portfolio of a Chinese metal billionaire.

The island’s Home Affairs Ministry said last Friday it was invoking the foreign interference law against 59-year-old Philip Chan Man Ping. Chan manages the real estate investment arm of a copper conglomerate owned by Chinese billionaire Wang Wenyin.

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