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A Chinese-American academic, who has been identified by the Singapore government as ¡°as an agent of influence of a foreign country¡±, has appealed the country¡¯s decision to revoke his permanent resident status.

Singapore¡¯s ministry of home affairs claimed that Huang Jing used his senior academic position at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy to ¡°deliberately and covertly advance the agenda of a foreign country at Singapore¡¯s expense¡±, in collaboration with foreign intelligence agents.

In a published on 4 August, it added: ¡°This amounts to subversion and foreign interference in Singapore¡¯s domestic politics.?Huang¡¯s continued presence in Singapore, and that of his wife, are therefore undesirable.?Both will be permanently banned from re-entering Singapore.¡±

The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore also suspended Professor Huang from his position as the Lee Foundation professor on US-China relations.

Professor Huang, who was born in China and is a US citizen, has appealed the government¡¯s decision. He expressed uncertainty about whether he had been accused of aiding Beijing or Washington.

"I did everything required by Singapore law and that's all I can say," he told .

ellie.bothwell@timeshighereducation.com