# Canning Fok Canning Fok is a Hong Kong-based business executive who served as a senior lieutenant to Li Ka-Shing, one of Asia's most prominent billionaires and founder of the Hutchison Whampoa conglomerate. Within this corporate structure, Fok held substantial influence over major financial and commercial operations across multiple sectors including port management, telecommunications, and retail businesses spanning Asia and beyond. Fok's connection to Jeffrey Epstein emerged through correspondence documented in the Epstein case files, which contain approximately 49 documents referencing him.
These materials, preserved in the Epstein Financial Transaction Archive (EFTA), primarily consist of emails and business communications dating to 2010. According to document EFTA00734649, Fok was characterized in communications as "very clever, wily and charming," and was identified as "the executive I worked with at Hutch Wh[ampoa]," suggesting direct business interaction between parties in Epstein's network and Hutchison Whampoa's operations. The documented interactions appear concentrated around May 2010, based on email timestamps in documents including EFTA00734988 and EFTA01814045.
These communications reference potential business dealings or financial arrangements, though the specific nature of proposed transactions remains unclear from available document summaries. One communication mentioned Fok in relation to commercial aspirations and financial capability assessment. Fok did not appear in Epstein's personal "black book" contact list, suggesting the relationship was primarily professional rather than part of Epstein's personal social network.
His inclusion in the case files reflects the broader financial investigation into Epstein's international business connections and transactions involving major Asian business figures and entities. The archival documents referencing Fok include EFTA02416830, EFTA02529739, EFTA02445453, and EFTA01812311, among others. These materials form part of the comprehensive documentary record of Epstein's financial networks and international business correspondence during the period preceding his 2019 arrest.