534:. Police officers also swooped on the offices of Birmingham International, and left with an assortment of documents. A brief statement mentioned that Narcotics Bureau officers searched two locations – one on Hong Kong Island and the other in Kowloon – and seized documents. The charges involved five counts of dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence. His hearing was adjourned until 11 August 2011, and was remanded on bail of HK$ 7 million (US$ 900,000).
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reversed the ruling made in August by the
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502:. In November 2007 he was looking to sell off residential and commercial developments to Golden Resorts Group (黃金集團) but had difficulties in selling them. In addition, Beijing was stepping up measures to cool off the mainland property market, which affected his revenue streams. Similar issues occurred in 2011 when he tried to sell plots of land in Liaoning. He ran into debt in a number of sectors owing millions to
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granted Yeung leave to appeal his conviction and released him on HK$ 7 million bail and cash surety of HK$ 6 million. Yeung was ordered to surrender his travel documents and not to leave Hong Kong. On 12 July 2016, the Court of Final Appeal rejected Yeung's appeal and he was immediately taken back
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