San Jose candidate worked for controversial Chinese developer

A leading San Jose City Council candidate worked under a Chinese billionaire arrested on bribery and corruption charges — mainly helping the embattled CEO’s company sell off land from his failed developments in the Bay Area. San Jose Planning Commissioner George Casey, who’s locked in a heated race to replace District 10 Councilmember Arjun Batra, advised a company belonging to Zhang Li, the former co-chairman and CEO of Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties. Its U.S. affiliate, Z&L Properties Inc., developed a string of controversial projects in the South Bay including “Slavery Towers” — the site of the city’s largest labor…

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