Property

Evergrande’s billionaire founder Hui Ka Yan under Chinese police control

Evergrande sits at the center of a years-long property crisis that has hurt the Chinese economy and hammered confidence in the housing market

Hui Ka Yan controlled one of the world’s biggest fortunes when Evergrande’s shares peaked in 2017. Picture: Getty Images

Hui Ka Yan, the billionaire chairman of beleaguered property developer China Evergrande Group, has been placed under police control, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Hui was taken away by Chinese police earlier this month and is being monitored at a designated location, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.

It’s not clear why Hui is under so-called residential surveillance, a type of police action that falls ...