[Overseas News.com] The general election is approaching. Recently, a 64-page "intelligence" document about the son of Democratic presidential candidate Biden and his business in China has been circulating online. NBC reported on the 30th of this month that the document may involve fraud. The publisher claimed that it was commissioned by Hong Kong's "Apple Daily" and intended to influence the Biden election. Hong Kong and Taiwan's "Apple Daily" subsequently issued a statement denying it. Li Zhiying, the founder of Next Media, said that his assistant Mark Simon was involved, and the money he used was also provided by Li’s private company.
Li Zhiying appeared in West Kowloon Court on the 15th. (Photo source: Reuters)
NBC: A report circulated on the right-wing website to combat Biden’s election.
Central News Agency reported that on the 30th of this month, NBC published an article titled "How the Fictional Character No. The article “Laying the Foundations of the Conspiracy Frenzy” accused a 64-page report shared by Trump and his supporters, accusing Biden’s son Hunter of problems with the CCP, and was commissioned by Apple Daily.
NBC's report on Apple Daily released on the 30th of this month. (Image source: screenshot of NBC official website)
NBC article stated that a "Emotional Intelligence" investigation report written by a company named "Typhoon Investigations" was widely circulated on the right-wing website more than a month ago and was aimed at Hunter and his business in China elaborate conspiracy theories aimed at discouraging Biden's election.
NBC pointed out that one of the authors of this report, Christopher Balding, stated that this report was commissioned by the Apple Daily. Someone also confirmed to NBC that the "Apple Daily" did indeed cooperate with Balding.
Biden attended the election event in Tampa, Florida on the 29th. (Photo source: "Tampa Bay Times"/Associated Press)
Hong Kong Takung Wenhui all media reports that the author of this report claims to be Swiss security analyst Martin Aspen, but according to an exclusive NBC secret, Aspen Peng turned out to be a dummy generated by AI, and other data was stolen and fabricated. The
report continued that one of the people who first published the document on the Internet, Balding, initially denied that he was the author of the document. He emphasized that he received the report and later admitted that he was the author of part of the content, but that the main author requested not to disclose his identity.
Li Zhiying: Assistant Simon participated. He did not know that
Hong Kong Dagong Wenhui reported in all media. Regarding NBC reports, Li Zhiying posted several posts on Twitter (Twitter) on the 30th, admitting that Simon did not Commissioned, but did participate in the event. He also pointed out that Simon used the funds of Li's private company for research. The amount was only US$10,000, so his approval was not required.
Li Zhiying also said that he himself "had no knowledge and was deeply shocked."
Li Zhiying posted several posts on Twitter in response to NBC reports on the 30th. (Image source: Li Zhiying Twitter screenshot)
Central News Agency reported that the "Apple Daily" issued a statement saying that the content of the NBC article was seriously wrong, saying that the "Apple Daily" never commissioned anyone to write the report, nor did it participate in the investigation and production of this report. , Has nothing to do with this report, and asks NBC to correct the article immediately.
"Apple Daily" explained in the clarification report the reason for Simon and Balding's contact, saying that Simon was curious about Hunter's friend Michael Lin's background and relationship circle before investigating the matter.
One Media’s statement pointed out that Simon and Next Media are not in an employment relationship, and Simon’s words and actions cannot represent Next Media.
And the Taiwan Fact-Checking Center also issued a statement stating that the cover of the report referred to by NBC had misappropriated the logo of the Taiwan Fact-Checking Center, and that the Taiwan Fact-Checking Center had nothing to do with this report; and refuted Internet rumors that the Taiwan Fact-Checking Center’s assistance in producing documents was false message.
Who is this assistant Li Zhiying? Once an employee of the CIA, he has stated that he is the chairman of the Hong Kong branch of the US Republican Party. Simon and Li Zhiying are closely related. All media reports from Hong Kong Tagong Wenhui found that at least 17 private limited companies related to Li Zhiying were reported by the media before March.Registered with the address of Tseung Kwan O, Next Media Building, 3 of them are jointly held by Simon, and the other 2 are held by Simon as director.
Li Zhiying has come to the United States many times, and Simon has also accompanied him. Among them, when Li Zhiying met with Vice President Pence last July, Simon was able to explain the content of the meeting.
Simon has always had multiple identities. As a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he was also the advertising director of Next Media.
Li Zhiying's close friend Mark Simon once worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). (Photo source: Reuters)
Dagong Wenhui once published an article signed by Su Juzu, saying that Li Zhiying has no officials and no job, and can connect with foreign senior officials and dignitaries and is related to Simon. Simon, who has been Li Zhiying’s assistant for nearly 20 years, worked in the US Naval Intelligence Agency. During the 2008 general election, Simon and the American Chamber of Commerce jointly organized the election event "Election Central" and wrote to an American broadcaster seeking sponsorship. In the letter, Simon stated that he was the chairman of the Hong Kong branch of the US Republican Party. According to reports, Simon has repeatedly donated HK$58,326 to the U.S. Republican Party and affiliated organizations in the name of Next Media.
On the eve of the “Occupy Central” referendum in June 2014, some media filmed Li Zhiying and the hawks who had a tough policy on China, and the core member of the Republican Party and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz (Paul Wolfowitz) The yacht meets for 5 hours. It was Simon who accompanied Li Zhiying on the yacht.
Hong Kong media previously reported that Li Zhiying supported "Occupy Central" through Simon's secret account.
Hong Kong's "Wen Wei Po" and "Ta Kung Pao" reported that the National Foundation for Democracy of the United States was also exposed to fund the Hong Kong opposition. Li Zhiying's political black gold case involving more than 40 million Hong Kong dollars is the most eye-catching. The money was handled by Simon. Some people questioned that the money came from a foreign country. Li Zhiying was only a white glove. Obviously, it was not groundless.
"Ta Kung Pao" disclosed a large number of emails between "Occupy Central" and Simon in August last year. Together with other data, Li Zhiying has given money to support "Occupy Central." The "little man" who had handled the "Hong Kong Democratic Development Network" said that the "Occupy Central" account was "injected" by Li Zhiying with a large amount of capital, and then the assistant Simon "showed up" to distribute the money, so that the opposition would "self-regulate" Job". (End)
