Aides to the city's last governor Chris Patten allegedly offered Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (pictured) a British passport before the handover. Aides to the city's last governor Chris Patten allegedly offered Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (pictured) a British passport before the handover.
Aides to the city's last governor Chris Patten allegedly offered Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (pictured) a British passport before the handover.
Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong

Patten aides 'offered UK passport to Jimmy Lai'

Unverified leaked emails allege city's last governor helped media boss before handover

Topic |   Jimmy Lai
Ng Kang-chung
CHEUNG CHI-FAI and Ng Kang-chung

Updated: 10:49am, 15 Jun, 2018

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Aides to the city's last governor Chris Patten allegedly offered Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (pictured) a British passport before the handover. Aides to the city's last governor Chris Patten allegedly offered Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (pictured) a British passport before the handover.
Aides to the city's last governor Chris Patten allegedly offered Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (pictured) a British passport before the handover.
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