Huang Xiangmo is a Chinese billionaire real estate developer.
11 Facts About Huang Xiangmo
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Huang Xiangmo was a permanent resident and political donor in Australia, but was later barred entry into the country on national security grounds.
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Additionally, then Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was advised by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to not attend fundraisers or events where Huang was present, due to national security concerns.
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Huang Xiangmo is the CEO of Yuhu Group, a Sydney property development company.
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Huang Xiangmo served as the honorary chairman of the Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China's Sixth Advisory Group.
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Huang Xiangmo's donations have been suspected to be on behalf of Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department, which were exerting influence on Australia's policies in favour of China through such political donations.
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Huang Xiangmo invited the then federal Labor Party leader Bill Shorten to his daughter's wedding to Evan Luo at the Shangri-la Sydney as a guest of honour.
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Huang Xiangmo asked the political parties to return his donations; and called Australia a "giant baby".
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In 2019, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption commenced investigations that Huang Xiangmo donated 100,000 in cash to NSW Labor in 2015, in contravention of political donation legislation, triggering the resignation of Labor General Secretary Kaila Murnain and implicating former Labor politician Ernest Wong.
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Huang Xiangmo was implicated in media investigations that he provided advice to Crown Resorts on how the company should deal with Chinese officials regarding the arrest of Crown staff in China for breaking Chinese law by promoting gambling.
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In 2018, Huang Xiangmo was living in a $12.8 million "mansion" in Beauty Point, Mosman, Sydney.