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...claimed its financial statements were unreliable. At the time, Greencool said that certain parts of the report were untrue, but didn't elaborate. In March, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange questioned the company about a large advance payment made to its sole supplier, controlled by Greencool chairman and founder Gu Chu-jun. Regulators wanted to know "whether the transactions were conducted on normal commercial terms," according to a company statement. No action has been taken, although a spokeswoman for the Hong Kong exchange says it is "still reserving the right to take action." In a statement, the company asserts that...
...would spend months at sea in horrific conditions. During one month in 1993, at least 25 ships, carrying thousands of immigrants, set off from Fujian crammed with human cargo. One of them was the Golden Venture, a dilapidated freighter that had been won in a poker game by Gu Liang-chi, who went by the street name Ah Kay, the leader of a Fujianese street gang that controlled East Broadway. According to U.S. government charges, Ah Kay, Sister Ping and several other snakeheads loaded the ill-fated hulk with immigrants. When it ran aground in the icy, turbulent waters...