{"id":"court_ctb_644_23","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":644,"sub_number":23,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":null,"title":"![](_page_0_Picture_0.jpeg) @lje New Mork @imes | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/world/asia/china-guo-wengui-corrupt","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"![](_page_0_Picture_0.jpeg)\n\n@lje New Mork @imes | http\n\n## Billionaire Who Accused Top Chinese Officials of Corruption Asks U.S. for Asylum\n\nBy Michael Forsythe Sept. 7, 2017\n\nA billionaire property developer who has accused some of China's most powerful officials of corruption has applied for political asylum in the United States, his lawyer said.\n\nThe billionaire, Guo Wengui, who is in the United States on a tourist visa that expires later this year, is seeking asylum status because his public charges against Chinese officials have made him \"a political opponent of the Chinese regime\" Thomas Ragland, a Washingtonbased lawyer representing him, said in a telephone interview late Wednesday.\n\nAsylum -- even a pending asylum application -- would give Mr. Guo more protection because he could stay in the United States while the application was being considered, a process that can take years, Mr. Ragland said.\n\n\"Asylum offers a level of protection that is different from having a visa status,\" Mr. Ragland said.\" \"Visas can be canceled or revoked.\"\n\nFrom his \\$68 million apartment overlooking Central Park in Manhattan, Mr. Guo, also known as Miles Kwok, has used Twitter and YouTube to publicize his claims that Wang Qishan, a member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee who oversees the ruling Communist Party's own anticorruption efforts, and his family members secretly control one of China's largest conglomerates.\n\nSome of the evidence he presents to back his claims is easily refuted or simply difficult to believe. But some of his accusations, such as those made against the family of Mr. Wang's immediate predecessor, can be corroborated.\n\n![](_page_0_Picture_10.jpeg)\n\nWang Qishan, a member of China's elite Politburo Standing Committee whose retirement status will be decided at a Communist Party meeting next month. Mr. Guo claims that Mr. Wang and his family secretly control one of China's largest conglomerates. Feng Li/Getty Images\n\n![](_page_0_Picture_12.jpeg)\n\nMr. Guo's actions have earned the ire of the Chinese government. In April Beijing asked Interpol, the global police organization, to issue a global warrant for his arrest. He is also being sued for libel in United States courts by several Chinese individuals and companies.\n\nThe asylum application could present a diplomatic quandary for the Trump administration, which is seeking China's help in isolating North Korea after it conducted a series of missile tests and underground nuclear tests. Mr. Guo is arguably China's most-wanted man, and giving him asylum would almost certainly antagonize Beijing, which may interpret the move as tacit approval of Mr. Guo's tactics to undermine China's leadership.\n\nArticles in China's closely controlled news media have accused Mr. Guo of crimes including fraud, money laundering and rape. In April one of his associates, a former vice minister of state security, appeared in a televised confession in which he said Mr. Guo had bribed him.\n\nMr. Guo's asylum application may be complicated by his claims that he has passports from many countries, including the United Arab Emirates, and is no longer a citizen of China. It is unclear why Mr. Guo could not go to another country where he has citizenship when his United States visa expires, though Mr. Ragland said that the United States might be the only country where Mr. Guo teels safe from the\n\nhttp\n\nlong arm of the Chinese state.\n\nMr. Gul's asylum application, which Mr. Ragland said was received Wednesday by a government processing center in Vermont, comes abed of an important Communist Party meeting next month that will determine whether Mr. Wang, who is past the customary colires age, will be able to remain on the Politburo Standing Committee.\n\nMr. Gul's accusations were seen by some analysts as weakening Mr. Wang's position. But on Wednesday, Beijing sent a signal that Mr. Wang still enjoyed strong backing from his peers. Three of his fellow and the new four and manufactures starting Committee, plus the top aide to President Xi Jinging, attended a ceremony in Beijing with Mr. Wang to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of in fatherin law, a senior leader who died in 1994.\n\n\"I don't think that Guo Wengui is being treated seriously as a threat at the top of the party. He hasn't been as influential as he thought he could be,\" said Chen Ping, a Hong Kong-based businessman who has close ties to members of some of China's most influential political families. \"I think Wang Qishan has a real chance of staying on.\"","body_zh":"The New York Times（纽约时报） http\n\n指控中国高级官员腐败的亿万富翁向美国申请庇护\n\n作者：Michael Forsythe（迈克尔·福赛斯） Sept. 7, 2017\n\n其律师表示，一名指控中国数名最具权势官员存在腐败行为的亿万富翁房地产开发商已在美国申请政治庇护。\n\n代表他的华盛顿律师 Thomas Ragland（托马斯·拉格兰）在周三晚些时候的电话采访中表示，亿万富翁 Guo Wengui（郭文贵）持有一份将于今年晚些时候到期的旅游签证留在美国，他正在寻求庇护身份，因为他对中国官员的公开指控已使他成为“中国政权的政治对手”。\n\n拉格兰先生表示，庇护——甚至是待决的庇护申请——都会为郭先生提供更多保护，因为在申请审理期间他可以留在美国，而这一审理过程可能需要数年时间。\n\n“庇护所提供的保护级别与持有签证身份是不同的，”拉格兰先生说。“签证可能会被取消或撤销。”\n\n郭先生也被称为 Miles Kwok（郭文贵），他在曼哈顿俯瞰中央公园价值 \\$68 million 的公寓里，通过 Twitter（推特）和 YouTube（优兔）公开宣称：负责监督执政共产党自身反腐工作的中共中央政治局常务委员会精英成员 Wang Qishan（王岐山）及其家族成员秘密控制着中国最大的企业集团之一。\n\n他为支持其主张而提供的一些证据很容易被驳斥，或者干脆令人难以置信。但他提出的一些指控，例如针对王先生前任家族的指控，是可以得到证实的。\n\n中共中央政治局常务委员会精英成员 Wang Qishan（王岐山），其退休状态将在下个月的共产党会议上决定。郭先生声称王先生及其家族秘密控制着中国最大的企业集团之一。Feng Li（李峰）/Getty Images（盖蒂图片社）\n\n郭先生的举动激怒了中国政府。4月，北京要求全球警察组织 Interpol（国际刑警组织）对他发出全球通缉令。他还在美国法院被数名中国个人和公司起诉诽谤。\n\n这份庇护申请可能会给 Trump（特朗普）政府带来外交困境，在朝鲜进行了一系列导弹试验和地下核试验之后，该政府正在寻求中国的协助以孤立朝鲜。郭先生可以说是中国头号通缉犯，给予他庇护几乎肯定会激怒北京，北京可能会将此举解读为对郭先生削弱中国领导层策略的默许。\n\n受到中国严密控制的新闻媒体发表文章，指控郭先生犯有包括诈骗、洗钱和强奸在内的罪行。4月，他的一位同伙、前国家安全部副部长在电视认罪中露面，称郭先生曾向其行贿。\n\n郭先生声称自己拥有包括 United Arab Emirates（阿拉伯联合酋长国）在内的多个国家的护照且不再是中国公民，这可能会使他的庇护申请复杂化。目前尚不清楚郭先生为何不能在其美国签证到期后前往他拥有公民身份的另一个国家，不过拉格兰先生表示，美国可能是郭先生唯一感到能免受中国国家长臂管辖威胁的安全国家。\n\nhttp\n\n中国国家长臂。\n\n拉格兰先生称，郭先生的庇护申请于周三被位于佛蒙特州的一个政府处理中心接收，该申请正值下个月共产党举行重要会议前夕，该会议将决定已超过惯常退休年龄的王先生是否能够留任中央政治局常务委员会。\n\n郭先生的指控被一些分析人士视为削弱了王先生的地位。但周三，北京释放出王先生仍享有同僚强力支持的信号。他所属的中央政治局常务委员会的三位同僚，加上 Xi Jinping（习近平）主席的最高助理，与王先生一同在坚决出席了纪念其于1994年去世的高级领导人岳父诞辰100周年的仪式。\n\n“我不认为郭文贵在党内高层被严肃视作一种威胁。他并没有产生他自以为能达到的影响力，”与中国一些最具影响力的政治家族成员关系密切的香港商人 Chen Ping（陈平）表示。“我认为王岐山确实有很大机会留任。”","key_entities":["Guo","Kwok","Je"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":731,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:28:58"}