Chinese-American academic loses appeal against Singapore expulsion
Huang Jing is accused of being an ‘agent of influence’ and will have to leave the city state with his wife ‘within a stipulated grace period’
A prominent Chinese-born academic has lost an appeal against Singapore’s decision to expel him for allegedly being an “agent of influence” for a foreign government, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
Huang Jing – a US citizen who worked at leading postgraduate school the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy – and his wife were stripped of their Singapore permanent residency status on August 4.
Authorities accused him of working as “an agent of influence of a foreign country”, and trying to use his prominent position to influence Singapore’s foreign policy.
His wife was accused of being aware of his activities.
They did not say which government he was accused of working for but the scholar has written extensively on China and regularly contributed to state-run media.