Core Macau member of China’s top advisory body had Singaporean nationality, Panama Papers reveal
Ngan In-leng produced his Singapore ID card to register two offshore companies; NPC and CPPCC members are not supposed to have foreign nationality
A Macau businessman and core member of China’s top political advisory body has hidden his Singaporean nationality which he obtained just a year after Portugal returned the colony in 1999, according to the latest batch of Panama Papers examined by Hong Kong media.
Ngan In-leng, one of five standing committee members who represent Macau in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), produced his Singaporean identity card for the registration of two offshore firms that he and his family members set up in the mid-2000s, according to documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The Post obtained the Panama Papers from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Ngan, founder of failed airline Viva Macau, could not be reached for comment.
He is the second CPPCC standing committee member found to possess a foreign nationality. Earlier, the Panama Papers revealed that property tycoon Lee Ka-kit, vice-chairman of Henderson Land Development, declared British nationality in setting up offshore companies.