When Crown Resorts put the “for sale” sign on Melbourne’s Capital Golf Club in 2024, executives from its owner Blackstone received interest from several parties. The 18-hole course at Heatherton in the city’s south-east corner had been bought for $67.6 million in 2013 by Crown, which was then under the control of James Packer.One was Felix Lee, the 25-year-old son of Chinese billionaire Phillip Dong Lee who controls the Lee Family Office. Felix’s business activities are under scrutiny after this column revealed how he was able to lure Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, CBA CEO Matt Comyn and other banking veterans to his parents’ Point Piper mansion. The premise of the dinner was the promise of a large donation to the Labor Party.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles