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Lee Hysan | |||||||||||
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Born | 1879 | ||||||||||
Died | 30 April 1928 | (aged 48–49)||||||||||
Cause of death | Assassination | ||||||||||
Other names | Opium King | ||||||||||
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Father | Lee Leung Yik (利良奕) | ||||||||||
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Chinese | 利希慎 | ||||||||||
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Lee Hysan or Lee Hy-san (1879 – 30 April 1928) was a Hong Kong businessman who was involved in the opium trade and refinery, as well as land development in British Hong Kong during the early 1900s. He was nicknamed the Opium King in Hong Kong and Macau.