China: New Headline shelves $44m IPO as director under police surveillance

China: New Headline shelves $44m IPO as director under police surveillance

Chinese 100 yuan banknotes and a U.S. one dollar banknote are seen in this file picture illustration taken in Beijing, China, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Files

Chinese construction contractor New Headline Holdings Ltd. shelved a HK$340 million ($44 million) initial public offering in Hong Kong after a key executive, who is also the chairman’s wife, was put under police surveillance.

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