Again, Sam?

The chartered plane with a Brazilian first division football team that crashed near Medellin killing 71 people was the property of Venezuelan businessman and former politician Ricardo Albacete Vidal. But the sponsor and first investor in his LaMia airline company is the renowned Sam Pa, the controversial businessman. Sam Pa, according to the Financial Times, controls a ‘secretive Hong Kong-based business network at the heart of China’s advance into Africa.’ He was detained last year in Beijing on suspicion of corruption, while thousands of reports and news items about his activities link him to Macau.