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Row over detection and detention of Chinese ‘businessman’ Li

By Kasun Warakapitiya in The Sunday Times, May 28, 2023 The Chinese Embassy has requested local authorities to deport a Chinese businessman, who on Thursday, attempted to enter Sri Lanka on a forged passport, Immigration officials said. However, the businessman Li Pan, is refusing to go to China and has now petitioned the Court of Appeal against his deportation. The case is being heard tomorrow, Immigration and Emigration Controller General I. S. H. J. Ilukpitiya…

China attempts to prove its close cooperation with debt defaulted Sri Lanka

report in ECONOMYNEXT online, Apr 24, 2023China, one of Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral lenders, attempted to prove its close cooperation with the island nation after its state-owned China Merchants Group (CMG) signed the first large investment deal since the Indian Ocean nation declared bankruptcy. The Hong Kong-listed company signed a $392 million agreement with government-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority on Saturday to jointly build the South Asia Commercial and Logistics Hub. “We are always “providing…