China Evergrande saga ends with life imprisonment for founder Hui Ka-yan
- Source
- South China Morning Post - Business
- Source link
- https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3364641/china-evergrande-founder-hui-ka-yan-sentenced-life-imprisonment
- Published
- 2026-08-20 04:27:39
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-20 07:52:08
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- China
- Organisations
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- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
A court in Shenzhen has sentenced China Evergrande Group founder and former chairman Hui Ka-yan to life imprisonment for “multiple combined crimes”, confiscating all of Hui’s personal property. Meanwhile, Evergrande was fined 8.82 billion yuan (US$1.31 billion), while its onshore operating unit Hengda Real Estate was fined 7 billion yuan – some of the biggest corporate fines ever levied by a Chinese court in a criminal case. The 67-year-old Hui, known as Xu Jiayin in Mandarin, was also deprived...
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