Malaysian Tycoon Dismembers HK Paper for Beijing
Why did Sarawak timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King stir up a hornet’s nest in Hong Kong by sacking the executive editor of Ming Pao, the once-respected Chinese language daily newspaper he owns, apparently over the publication of the Panama Papers?
The action by Chong Tieng Song, the Malaysian earlier made editor in chief of the paper, led to a near riot in th…
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