iSun Affairs publisher Chen Ping beaten by baton-wielding thugs

Chen Ping, Shanghai-born billionaire investor and publisher of political weekly iSun Affairs was beaten last night near the magazine's office in Chai Wan.

Chen, 58, was ambushed when he was getting into his car outside the Sino Favour Centre on On Yip Street shortly before 6pm. Police said he was attacked by two baton-wielding men aged between 20 and 30 years old.

The pair fled the scene after the attack. Chen's 38-year-old driver called an ambulance.

Chen remained conscious despite sustaining injuries to the head, arms and chest, and was taken to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.

Officers from an Eastern district police team were investigating. No arrests have been made.

Chen told the South China Morning Post last night that he had been attacked and injured, but was not sure what kind of weapons had been used.