Pony Ma Huateng, the billionaire founder of internet giant Tencent Holdings, is not expected to attend China’s annual parliamentary meeting, the National People’s Congress (NPC), owing to an undisclosed health condition, according to local media.
Ma, 48, who has been an NPC delegate since 2013, will miss this year’s event because of “health issues”, according to a report on Monday by Guangzhou-based newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily.
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