Chinese Vice Minister sues billionaire in America, claim $ 10 million compensation

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Chinese Vice Minister sues billionaire in America, claim $ 10 million compensation
Senior Chinese official suing ex-US billionaire Quach Van Quy in compensation for millions of dollars for social slander.
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Huang Yan, Vice-Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in China, accused billionaire Guo Wen of deliberately spreading false information damaging her reputation through YouTube videos in May and demanding $ 10 million compensation, SCMP July 22 reported.

The lawsuit was filed by Kevin Tung, a lawyer for Kevin Kerveng Tung PC on behalf of Ms. Huang in the United States, to the New York Supreme Court where Guo lives.

According to the lawsuit, billionaire Guo posted a video accusing Huang of using his position to protect real estate projects proposed by former Beijing deputy mayor Liu Zhihua in exchange for love and receive gifts. Land from investors.

By posting videos online, "Guo has slandered plaintiff Huang engaged in nefarious activities such as sex scandals and corruption," the lawsuit quoted. The detainee Guoch intentionally posted publicly on YouTube in an attempt to undermine the plaintive's reputation, Huang. "

An attorney representing the Chinese billionaire said that Ms. Huang's lawsuit was part of an effort to keep Guo quiet. Chinese billionaire is a regular video posted accusing Chinese officials and celebrities on social networks.

In April, the Chinese government asked the International Criminal Police Organization ("Interpol") to "hunt for red" arrest Guo on charges of capital abuse, fraudulent bank loans, foreign currency fraud , Money laundering, tax evasion, illegal detention, privacy infringement.

Josh Schiller, a lawyer for Boies Schiller Flexner LLP on behalf of Quach Van Quy, claims that Tung's lawyer must prove Guo's video wrong and must provide witnesses, documents and evidence to prove him. Kwok slander.

Quach Van Quy, born in 1967, owns many Chinese real estate companies. At his peak, he was ranked 73rd among China's richest people. He is said to have ties with several senior Chinese officials, including Ma Jin, former deputy director of the China Security Bureau, arrested in 2015. In 2000, Guo fled China to exile in China. America, before Maicon was arrested.