The whereabouts of the youngest son of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor have been a mystery since he appeared at an online academic conference earlier this year and said, “I am actually in Hong Kong. Apple Daily today quoted Hong Kong 01 as saying that Lam had been hired as a post-doctoral researcher by the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques in France and Stanford University in the United States, and that he would have to return to the United States within 183 days after being hired. According to the news, Lin has already received a doctorate in mathematics from Harvard University.
Apple Daily reported today that Lin’s second son is rumored to have been hired by Stanford and must return to the U.S. within 183 days. According to the report, after the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including Lam, the Fax News Agency reported that Lam, who was studying for a doctorate in mathematics at Harvard University, suddenly told a friend that he had “an urgent family matter” and needed to return to Hong Kong. According to the report of Hong Kong 01, the personal webpage of Yossi Lam at Harvard University shows that he will be a post-doctoral researcher at IHES and Stanford University this fall, which means he has obtained a doctorate in mathematics from Harvard University.
According to Stanford’s Web site, postdoctoral fellows are contract positions, and fellows will receive at least $65,000 (or about HK$504,000) a year from the next academic year, and in response to the epidemic, all postdoctoral fellows are not allowed to stay overseas for more than 183 days during their employment.
The report said, looking up information, the U.S. State Department replied to the Apple’s inquiry last year, said the former U.S. President Donald Trump signed the “normalization of Hong Kong” executive order, the relevant sanctions and visa restrictions only for the specified personnel, and not for immediate family members, but said that if the financial ties of the immediate family members, including children, and the sanctioned persons have mixed, then The report said that if the immediate family members, including children, have mixed financial ties with the sanctioned person, they risk having their assets frozen.
The report said that The Apple is making inquiries with the Chief Executive’s Office and Lin Yoshi on the incident, but has not responded yet.
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