Missing Chinese billionaire Xiao Jianhua ‘last seen at Hong Kong’s Four Seasons Hotel’ before entering mainland
Hong Kong police are examining hotel surveillance footage and have asked mainland counterparts for help to determine if he is under arrest, sources say
The mystery of the whereabouts of high-profile mainland billionaire Xiao Jianhua deepened on Tuesday after sources said he was last seen at a luxury Hong Kong hotel last week.
Hong Kong police also said they were investigating the tycoon’s disappearance.
Concerns over the fate of Xiao, the founder of Beijing-based Tomorrow Group, emerged after overseas Chinese media reported that mainland agents took him from Hong Kong on Friday.
A government source with knowledge of the investigation said Xiao, 46, left the Four Seasons Hotel on Friday morning, accompanied by an unidentified number of people. The source said the people with Xiao were not triad members as reported. The hotel had already handed over surveillance camera footage to the police, the source added.
Another source said Xiao left Hong Kong for Shenzhen at about 3pm on Friday. Police officers examined CCTV footage and did not find any scuffles in the hotel involving Xiao or his two female bodyguards.