Yan Xie

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Yan “John” Xie ( Chinese谢 衍; * in the 20th century in the People's Republic of China ) is a Sino- Lesothic entrepreneur . He lived in Lesotho from 1990 and is suspected of having made high-ranking Lesothian politicians from several parties compliant by giving money.

Life

Xie came to Lesotho in 1990, where he worked as a businessman. In 2006 he received Lesotho citizenship.

Xie built up a corporate empire in Lesotho. He owns supermarkets, construction companies, farms and quarries. He acquired the state-owned Lesotho Pharmaceutical Corporation (LPC) in Mafeteng in 2011 and is the main shareholder in the country's only slaughterhouse . A total of 24 companies are registered in his name. He loaned money to over 70 Lesotho companies that work for the government.

Until his election in June 2017 , Thabane had lived for several months at a significantly reduced rent in Xie's house in the Hillsview district.

In August 2017 Prime Minister appointed Thomas Thabane Xie shortly after taking office to head of special projects and the Prime Minister's special envoy and trade advisor on the China-Asia trade network (such as "chairman for special projects and special envoy of the prime minister and trade advisor to the Chinese -asian trade network "). In the same month, Xie gave several shares in the company to his wife, Xiaoyi Yao.

According to information from opposition circles, Xie helped finance the wedding of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane in 2017. 15,000 people were guests at the Setsoto Stadium . According to his own statements, he donated 20,000 to 30,000 Maloti , according to information from Thabane's All Basotho Convention party , he paid for almost the entire celebration. He is also accused of having co-financed the wedding of Thato Nkhahle, the daughter of then Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili . In 2017 he is said to have fully paid for the birthday party of Mothetjoa Metsing , chairman of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD). Mosisili and Metsing denied these allegations. The Basotho National Party spokesman admitted that he and other party members had received money from Xie.

In March 2018, Lesotho banned the import of “ red meat ”, from which the local slaughterhouse benefited significantly. Xie is also accused of having influenced the government, they that export trade in sheep's wool and mohair as a monopoly of the Chinese company of Guohui "Stone" Shi transferred. In June 2019, thousands of farmers protested against this contract, which was then suspended for a few months and finally revoked.

In his capacity as a consultant, Xie planned, among other things, to place around 30,000 Basotho women as domestic servants in China.

Opposition politicians accused him of representing business interests in favor of the Chinese and at the expense of Basotho . The LCD spokesman spoke of signs that Xie was in control of the government. Xie admitted in October 2018 that he had donated money to “almost all parties”, but declined to classify it as state capture (for example, “takeover of the state”).

Thabane stated that Xie was never his advisor after Xie reported donating money to numerous parties in an interview.

In December 2019, Xie was accused of illegally transferring 26 million maloti from four company accounts. Four ministers were charged with failing to report the suspected fraud that they knew about to Xie.

Xie was accused in court in January 2020 by the Alliance of Democrats party of having promised to finance 50,000 promotional T-shirts for the 2017 election campaign , but having withdrawn the promise after they were made.

In June 2020 it was revealed that Xie has been living in Australia since September 2019 after law enforcement agencies in Lesotho investigated him.

Individual evidence

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  3. ^ Youth leader attacks ministers. Lesotho Times, November 3, 2011, accessed November 2, 3018
  4. ↑ Bereng Mpaki: 'Meat import ban requires inclusivity'. Lesotho Times , around June 2018, accessed November 2, 2018
  5. ↑ The tangled web of the Lesotho wool was. Daily Maverick October 11, 2018
  6. ^ Lesotho farmers protest against Chinese wool deal. enca.com of June 28, 2019 (English), accessed June 30, 2019
  7. ↑ Antony Sguazzin, Mathabiso Ralengau: How a Chinese tycoon Caused misery for Lesotho's wool farmers. businesslive.co.za, September 18, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019
  8. ↑ Pascalinah Kabi: Lesotho prime minister Thabane disowns controversial trade advisor of Chinese origin. africachinareporting.co.za on December 10, 2018, accessed on April 20, 2019
  9. ^ Four ministers named in M26 million tender scam. Lesotho Times, December 9, 2019, accessed January 10, 2020
  10. ↑ Sechaba Mokhethi: Battle of the political T-shirts to play out in Lesotho court. Daily Maverick, January 8, 2020, accessed January 14, 2020
  11. ↑ Pascalinah Kabi: Thabane's former special adviser flees, DCEO sources. Lesotho Times, June 24, 2020, accessed June 26, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Xie, Yan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES John (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese-Lesothic entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century