(Observer Network News) The "Apple Daily Charity Fund" (hereinafter referred to as the "fund") owned by Li Zhiying, the leader of Luangang and the founder of Next Media, has been revealed that 90% of the funds approved in the past two years are unknown, and the amount involved is approximately 74.48 million Hong Kong dollars (about 66.53 million RMB). According to media reports, the fund has funded anti-China and Hong Kong rioters who participated in the "Regulation Amendment Disturbance. Experts call for investigations into whether anyone has abused the name of "charity" and colluded with foreign forces to engage in illegal acts.
"Ta Kung Pao" reported on the 19th that on the 10th of this month, the National Security Department of Hong Kong police arrested Li Zhiying and several top media officials on charges of suspicion of colluding with foreign countries or foreign forces. The police also raided the "Apple Daily" headquarters building and took away at least 30 boxes of documents and multiple computers, including information on the daily operation of the "fund", money exchanges, and grants.
The police took away a large number of documents from the headquarters building of One Media on August 10. Picture from: Dongwang
. In response to this, "Apple Daily" and other anti-China rioters in Hong Kong were shocked, blindly diverting their attention and saying that "press freedom" was suppressed. But he did not dare to explain whether he violated the national security law. Next Media also acted with a guilty conscience and hurriedly applied to the court for a temporary restraining order afterwards, claiming that the document was "news material" and demanding the police to return it in an attempt to prevent the National Security Agency from further investigation.
Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said on social media that the reason why Apple Daily is so sensitive is because the identity of the "fund" behind the "fund" is mysterious and the destination of large sums of money is unknown in recent years.
Picture from: "Ta Kung Pao"
Hong Kong media reported on August 11 that the "fund" received a total of nearly 200 million Hong Kong dollars from in the five years from 2014 to 2019, but the identity of the donors has never been disclosed. From groups and individuals. According to news from , the fund had granted money to protesters who participated in the "Regulations Amendment Disturbance" last year, and was assisted by the "Reporter" of Apple Daily who claimed to be "working in journalism", and some of the funded recipients have already left. Hong Kong.
Liang Zhenying quoted financial reports showing that the "fund" donated a huge amount each year, donating more than 81.76 million Hong Kong dollars in the two fiscal years from 2017 to 2019, but only 10% of was used to fund social services and education. The whereabouts of 90% of the funds (about 74.48 million Hong Kong dollars) is unknown.
In 2017/18, the "Fund" donated HK$1.86 million to 72 social service projects and HK$810,000 to 325 scholarship applicants. The total was only 2.67 million, accounting for only 10% of the total for the year (36.76 million). Not. In 2018/19, the "Fund" donated HK$3.73 million to 232 social service projects and HK$880,000 to 310 scholarship applicants, totalling 4.61 million, which still accounted for 10% of the total donation (45 million) that year.
Liang Zhenying released the "Apple Daily Charity Fund" related financial documents. The picture comes from: Social media
has comments from Hong Kong netizens. These unidentified funds "must be used as funds for anti-China chaos in Hong Kong", "Apple Daily" "illegal activities" , Traitorous evidence, how can we not be nervous?” Others said that at the legal level, the flow of funds has constituted a chain of evidence and should be dig deeper to confirm the criminal motives behind it.
"Ta Kung Pao" reported that many of the current 10 directors of the "Fund" are senior executives of Next Media and Apple Daily, including Zhou Daquan, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Next Media, and Zhang Jianhong, Chief Executive Officer of Next Media, who were arrested along with Li Zhiying , "Apple Daily" editor-in-chief Luo Weiguang, former president Ye Yijian, etc. Among these people, Zhou Daquan has served as a director of the "Fund" since its establishment in 1995. Wu Daguang, the general manager of Next Media Animation, who was arrested with him, is also a director of Next Animation Studio Co., Ltd. The other director of the company is Mark Simon, a personal assistant to Li Zhiying and a former US intelligence officer who is wanted by the Hong Kong police.
Liang Zhenying mentioned that three "fund" directors resigned before the Hong Kong National Security Law took effect in June this year. They were Guan Zhijian, Assistant Professor of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the City University of Hong Kong, lawyer Hou Yunhui, and Shuren University senior lecturer Mo Huijie.
Finally, the registered address of the "fund" company is the 1st floor of the Next Media Building, which is designated as a tax-exempt charity in accordance with the tax regulations of the special zone. In this regard, Fu Jianci, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Law Exchange Foundation and professor of law, admittedTherefore, the tax bureau should take follow-up actions in accordance with relevant legal procedures, including investigating whether the fund has violated laws and regulations.
Fu Jianci said that in response to the unclear whereabouts of the large amount of funds from the "fund", the Hong Kong Police National Security Department should pay more attention to the investigation to find out whether anyone abused the name of "charity" to collude with foreign forces to counter China's disturbance of Hong Kong and engage in illegal acts of treason and disrupting society.
In March of this year, Hong Kong citizens voluntarily went to the Revenue Building to protest against the "Apple Daily Charity Fund" sponsoring Hong Kong chaos in the name of a fake charity.
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