Chan has been assessed to have “shown susceptibility to be influenced by foreign actors, and willingness to advance their interests,” the ministry said, adding his activities were “directed towards a political end in Singapore.” The ministry didn’t name any country in its statement or mention Wang.
The first Singapore citizen to be tagged as a “politically significant person” under a 2021 law on foreign interference oversees the multimillion-dollar property portfolio of a Chinese metal billionaire.
The island’s home affairs ministry said Friday it was invoking the foreign interference law against 59-year-old Philip Chan Man Ping. Chan manages the real estate investment arm of a copper conglomerate owned by Chinese billionaire Wang Wenyin.
