I’m a target for refusing to submit to a ‘certain power’, Sing Pao newspaper chief insists amid reports mainland police are preparing a global manhunt
Gu Zhuoheng claims he is victim of political revenge attacks for defying an unnamed power
In another twist to Wednesday night’s reports that the chief of Hong Kong-based newspaper Sing Pao Daily News might be the target of a global manhunt initiated by mainland Chinese police, the media boss issued an angry statement claiming he was under political revenge attack for refusing to submit to a “certain power”.
Gu Zhuoheng, 44, chairman of Sing Pao Media Enterprises, was a wanted fugitive, the semi official Hong Kong China News Agency reported, citing Shenzhen police confirmation.
Hong Kong’s leftist Wen Wei Po newspaper cited the same report, and a reported link to a case of alleged illegal deposit-taking involving some 130 million yuan (HK$151 million).
Shenzhen police were quoted as saying Gu had fled overseas, while Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po newspaper reported the Department of Public Security would be asked for permission to launch a worldwide manhunt.
The case was first reported in April last year by the Southern Metropolis Daily.