On 22 July 2017, SCMP published an article linking the family member of Li Zhanshu, a close ally of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, to a Singaporean investor who has spent HK$4% billion in Hong Kong investment. It cited records at the Hong Kong Company Registration on their associations. The article was published both online and in print. It was removed by midnight, and a correction was issued claiming the author used unverifiable claims as the basis of the article. The columnist Shirley Yam subsequently resigned, noting that she stood by her article.