Billionaire Xiao Jianhua disappeared in Hong Kong in 2017 amid inquiries into his Tomorrow Holdings Group. He is set to face trial in China, the Canadian Embassy said. - AFP file photo.
Beijing, July 4, 2022 (AFP): Canadian-Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua is standing trial on Monday, Ottawa's embassy in Beijing said in a statement, after the businessman disappeared from a Hong Kong hotel five years ago.
Xiao vanished from Hong Kong's Four Seasons hotel in January 2017, with local media reporting that he was snatched by mainland Chinese agents -- fuelling fear at the time over Beijing's tightening influence in the financial hub.
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