Thursday, 14 April 2016

CHINESE MYSTERY AND THE PORTUGUESE




Who's Lap Seng, the multimillionaire with Portuguese passport linked to the former President of the Republic foundation, arrested in the US on charges of money laundering and corrupt a former president of the UN General Assembly?

There is a Chinese businessman arrested in the United States, accused of money laundering and corruption of senior UN officials, part of Mario Soares Foundation, but apparently no one in the institution knows who he is and how he got to the governing bodies. The "mysterious" character called Lap Seng. It has 68 years and is a tycoon construction, real estate and tourism, with Portuguese passport. In the general council of the foundation, where the positions are for life, there are four Chinese. Billionaire Stanley Ho, linked to the operation of the game, and the Portuguese origin lawyer Jorge Neto Valente, who headed the presidential candidacies of Soares in Macau, are two. Leong Su Sang and Sio Tak Hong, unknown entrepreneurs and Lap Seng partners, are the other two. The tycoon who was born poor has had, or has, with all business.
The General Council gives opinion on the activities, the budget and elects the supervisory board. Created in 1991 with the approval of the statutes, in deed, his part prestigious personalities of the country in various areas. Lap Seng is also there, but is unknown to the very foundation. The secretary general Carlos Barroso assured the VISION not know who is, as entered, or who chose him. There are no records of his attendance at meetings, or funding on their behalf or any associated company. How do you explain that? In this week, there are clues to understand how everything will last.

However, Lap Seng is under house arrest in the US since September, with a deposit of $ 50 million on charges of money laundering and participating in a bribery scheme for the former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashee, which also She is being held. The scandal is already considered the largest of the United Nations since the case "Oil for Food" and the leader of the organization, Ban Ki-Moon, confessed he was "shocked".
In the edition of Thursday, the VISION tells him the whole story of this character controversy and pulls several loose ends of Macau and soarismo to try to make clearer this mysterious case. But for now, do already know who the other protagonists of this story, that is, the five members of the Mario Soares Foundation with Chinese nationality who have or have had business with each other:

NG LAP SENG

Businessman, born in Guangdong Province, with interests in Macau and Hong Kong ranging from real estate to tourism. He held several political positions and has several honors. They have called him "Living Buddha". Stuck in the US since September, is accused of money laundering and corruption. It has a Portuguese passport. Contacted by VISION, the Attorney General's Office was unable to find any open process to multimillionaire in Portugal.

STANLEY HO

It was considered one of the richest men in Asia. With money was created the Orient Foundation, chaired by Carlos Monjardino. It has several businesses in Portugal, especially the operation of casinos, and is connected to several foundations, including one with his name. For days, the public reported their links to the Chinese group HNA you want to enter the TAP. He gave money to the Foundation Mário Soares as several other members of the general council of the institution.

JORGE NETO VALENTE

Born in Portugal, it is one of the most powerful lawyers in Macau. It has Chinese nationality and important clients in the political, financial and business. It has businesses in real estate and gaming industries. Next Mario Soares, was responsible for their presidential candidates in Macau and is not free from reputed to have been one of the strong men of funding to PS.
SIO TAK HONG

Businessman with business in real estate and construction, recently called for his resignation from various political positions, but still in the Consultative Conference and the Special Administrative Region of the Executive Council of the Macao. In 2014, he appeared on a list of persons with accounts or offshore companies published by the International Consortium of Journalists and the weekly Ponto Final, Macau.

LEONG SU SAM

He held several public offices and is also a real estate entrepreneur. It has a Portuguese passport.

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