In January 2022, businessman Richard O’Halloran returned to Ireland after nearly three years of being detained in China. O’Halloran, a director at aircraft leasing firm CALS Ireland (China International Aviation Leasing Service), travelled to Shanghai in February 2019. The company had become involved in a dispute over a crowdfunding scheme with the Chinese authorities. The row predated O’Halloran joining the firm but he travelled over to address the matter with investors. However, he was detained at passport control on his return and banned from exiting the country. He was finally released to his family in what they described in a…

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