Sun hung kai suspended on friday as the corruption trial came to an end involving two billionaire brothers, i hong kongs former number two official. Walk me through what happened. There is a sentencing hearing scheduled for today so we would hear how long these men will be facing depending on what the judge decides. We are talking about hong kongs former number 2 rafael hui. The secondhighest position in hong kongs government. Also, the billionaire businessman raymond kwok and thomas kwok. Sacrede looks at whether payments and rentfree whether secret payments and rentfree properties were given. Thomas kwok was found guilty of conspiring to can commit publicing in office. It was that one charge related to a series of payments amounting to 1. 1 million. It is a drop in the ocean compared to what they are paying their lawyers. This money was actually basically to keep hui this post to sun hung kai. It is the most valuable Property Company. It is quite a big and powerful company. Rafael hu
Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. Here in london. Also coming up on todays show if you beat me beat you . You have to give it back. I mean, you are pretty good. You think . I realize you are a legend, but ready . Go Stephanie Ruhle takes on the fastest man in the world, usain bolt. Hask Prime Minister samaras a Second Chance to rally among lawmakers in the choice of president. Thatnap general election could see the end of austerity and up party take power. It is triggering volatility in the market. The benchmark stock down over 12 . Investors are weighing the risk of the greek austerity and getting voted out of the government. Elliott gotkine in athens for round one. Good morning. Have you booked your ticket for round three . Not yet, mark. Ism suggesting that samaras man electedget his for president. He still needs to hundred votes out of the 300 lawmakers in parliament. He only got 160. He only requires 180 out of 300 votes and he has a fighting chance of getting his man ushere
A number of hostages in a popular cafe. Bureau,our Bloomberg Paul allen is covering events for us. What more do we know . There have been a few developments since last we spoke. The police have pushed their street,ack to hunter the block our building is on. You can see the high shot taken out of the window of our building. Building, you can see, is not a cafe. The cafe it self is about a further 100 meters up the road to the left. This is right across the street from the reserve bank of australia and directly across the plaza from channel 7, which has also been evacuated. Hourer development at this is the number of people inside the building. We have been saying it is believed to be up to 20. We have since spoken to the ceo of lindt australia and he said there were 10 working at the time and could be up to 30 customers. There could be up to 40, but that has not been confirmed by the police or any other agency. We have seen pictures of people with their hands up against the window. Two
At one point, the highest since april 2010. In japan, oil refiners rising because a possible tie up between the two biggest companies. Stay with us. I will bring you more on that later. Sony is getting pressure from hollywood and the white house due to a movie and a hack attack. Whichseen as a trigger washington blames on north korea. But looks on how the movie can still be released what are their options . Streaming or videoondemand. That is after four of the largest cinema chains decided to cancel the release of the film on christmas day. The Company Still needs a reader redistribution partner. Mazon havegle and a declined to offer now. The company is not given in. The sony ceo says he has no regrets and making this movie. He says it is a funny comedy about an assassinating plot against kim jongun and it served as a political satire. North korea was not laughing at that at all. They say these allegations are groundless and propose a joint investigation and threatening harsh action if
Students. U. S. Air strikes have killed several isis leaders and an area once overrun by terrorists is now clear. Also ahead, some people support the man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon. But a bombing survivor had a few words for them. As he showed them his prosthetic leg. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. And im Errol Barnett sneaking in to join you. Thank you. Another hour here on cnn. All of those stories coming up. But we are following an incredibly disturbing story coming to us out of australia. Police say they have not yet identified any suspects in the mysterious deaths of eight kids, children found inside a house in cairns, their deceased bodies, the ages range between 18 months and 15 years old. Officials say a 34yearold woman who is the mother of seven of the children is being treated for her injuries right now. We understand she is also assisting officials with the investigation, but at this early stage, poli