HK Official Skips Crypto Event to Avoid Eric Trump, SCMP Says

Eric Trump at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas on May 28.Photographer: Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg

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By Alan Wong

August 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM UTC

Updated on

August 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM UTC

A Hong Kong official and a lawmaker have withdrawn from a Bitcoin Asia conference in the city following advice not to engage with Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, the South China Morning Post reported.

Eric Yip, executive director at the Securities and Futures Commission, and lawmaker Johnny Ng were removed from the list of speakers for the Aug. 28-29 forum after receiving a request to skip the event featuring the American businessman, the paper reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The SCMP said it was unclear who made the request.