British survey: Zhou Yanhuas two business partners involved in transporting oil

A British survey revealed that Zhou Yihua, the founder of Macau Sun City Group, is suspected of transporting oil to North Korea to help North Korea avoid UN sanctions.

The British Financial Times and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) jointly published on Wednesday (March 29), a survey report on North Korea's avoidance of UN sanctions and illegal imports of oil, pointing out that East Asian companiesHome may be involved.

Among them, Du Jiaxuan, a Hong Konger engaged in oil trading, was accused of holding a direct oil ship "UNICA".He is a business partner of Zhou Yihua and served as the Chief Executive CEO of the Sun Gold Industry.

Sun Tiexun, a director and shareholder of the Sun International Auto Industry, was accused of being a middleman to purchase oil and pay freight for Pyongyang.Sun Tiexun was also accused of being the grandson of Korean agents.

According to Hong Kong 01 reports, the Hong Kong company registry information shows that Du Jiaxuan, who holds the Hong Kong ID card, serves as directors of more than ten Hong Kong registered companies, including "Yongtai Fengjin Co., Ltd." and "Sun JinyeLimited "and so on.Among them, "Yongtai Fengjin Industry" used the name of "Sun and Gold Industry". Zhou Yihua was a director and resigned in April 2016.

According to the British company registration record, Du Jiaxuan founded the "Tech Oil Trading PTE LTD" and "Golden Sunway Limited" in the UK at the end of October 2020, and served as a company's director and the business nature of the two companies.Both wholesale oil and its products.

Du Jiaxuan is the "important controller" of two companies, holding 75%or more control of the company.However, Du Jiaxuan resigned from Golden Sunway Limited in June 2021.

When the two companies were established, they registered 100,000 pounds (about S $ 165,000) as the company's share capital.However, their financial statements show that the equity has not been paid until December 2021, and the company has no activities.The two companies applied for revocation of registration in January this year.In the UK, it is not less than two months for enterprises to withdraw procedures, but the revocation procedures for the two companies have not yet been completed.

There is also a registered company called Golden Sunway Limited with the Chinese name "Jinxinhua Co., Ltd.". The directors include the French Charles Maulino and the Hong Kong people Xiao Yilun. The shareholders are in the British Virgin (British Virgin.Islands) registered company KB Holdings Limited.

Jinxinhua's official website information shows that the company was founded in Hong Kong in 2014. The founder is a "successful businessman who has conducted oil and gas trade between Hong Kong and Taiwan and has more than 20 years of experience."Jin Xinhua was acquired by KB Group in 2018 to conduct oil trade in East and South Asia with the Tong Group's Singapore company DISTINCTION OIL Trading.Jin Xinhua is also engaged in "diesel wholesale" business.

According to the Macau check, Sun Tiexun and Zhou Yihua are also shareholders of the "Sun International Auto Industry Co., Ltd." registered by Macau, each with 30%of the shares.

Sun Tiexun once opened a number of companies in Hong Kong. Among them, the shareholders of "Lianxing Trading Co., Ltd." include Sun Jian, Sun Chuanben and Sun Tiexun.Sun Tiexun registered with Macau documents and Hong Kong addresses.

Sun Chuanben and Sun Jianhua are accused of being a special agent at North Korea's assigned to Macau. Sun Chuanben died in 2008 and was 89 years old.The report also pointed out that Sun Jianhua and Sun Tiexun were the sons and grandsons of Sun Chuanben.

Du Jiaxuan denied that it was related to smuggling oil to North Korea's ship "UNICA", saying that in October 2018, the British Virgin Islands registered company "PROSPERA PACIFIC International", which was sold in October 2018, also saw it.Pass Zhou Yihua once or twice.However, it was found that Du Jiaxuan was still the company's controller in 2020.

Rusi Researcher calculated that if the "Unica" was suspected of transsing to North Korea from 14 times from August 2021 to September 2022, it was full of 49 to North Korea.Thousands of barrels of oil are equivalent to 98%of North Korea's annual quota.

Sun Tiexun's wife acknowledged that there was business with North Korea to the Financial Times, but denied violating UN sanctions.She insisted that their trade with North Korea was limited to "metal hardware, as well as some small items", including "tools and electric diamonds".

After the first nuclear test in North Korea in 2006, it has been sanctioned by the United Nations seven rounds. Crude oil and refined petroleum products are also embargo. Its supply, sales, transfer, or transportation are limited.According to the information that has been mastered, the model of the North Korean stealing oil products is roughly used to use the oil transport boat to install oil to a certain port, drive to a specific port to transport, and then refute the oil to the North Korean ship — one or two more may be used in the meantime.The ship loading and unloading and transportation is required to hide.

The recent ruling of similar cases occurred in February 2023.The Taiwanese businessman Huang Wanggen was sentenced to one year because of nearly 3,000 tons of petroleum stealing to North Korea.