A local group is continuing its fight to save unused Teddington playing fields after the land's owner was sanctioned in the UK.

The news comes after the Chair of Udney Park Community Fields Foundation, Jonathon Dunn, previously wrote to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to sanction Mr Wu, the owner of Teddington's Udney Park Playing Fields, if "he is indeed" related to a Cambodian fraud operation, the Prince Group.

The Udney Park Community Fields Foundation, which wishes to buy the unused fields, has taken a keen interest in the status of the man due to his ownership of "important community playing fields in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames", Dunn said.

Mr Wu purchased the fields via a company registered in the British Virgin Islands called Leisure Focus.

However, the company name of Leisure Focus was changed from Wealth Creation International in July 2022, immediately before the land was purchased.

Dunn told Nub News: "Since then, he [Mr Wu] has sought to land-bank these fields presumably for future development and insisted that he would not sell the land unless he was paid at least £3.5m – a ludicrous sum for playing fields.#

"Mr Wu had indicated that he would be open to renting out space on these fields and created a company called Udney Park Management Ltd to do so.

"This company was struck off on 6 January 2026 and was dissolved on 13 January 2026."

Mr Wu is listed as the one person with significant control in Udney Park Management Ltd.

The Company House records state that his country of residence is England, and Company House also states that Leisure Focus is the shareholder in this company.

It was previously revealed that Mr Wu, under a different alias, owns other London properties worth more than $44 million.

Udney Park Community Fields Foundation previously made an offer to purchase the fields, but this offer was withdrawn in November 2025 due to the controversy surrounding Mr Wu and his links to a criminal network, including allegations of being attached to cyber and money laundering scams.

Dunn said that this "threw the Foundation into doubt over the legality of transferring funds to him".

In November 2025, the Foundation wrote to Teddington RFC to bring the matter to its attention as it was tenants for a portion of the site for use as floodlight rugby training.

"Consequently, they sought legal advice and suspended rental payments to Mr Wu, although they have kept using the fields and maintaining the site," Dunn said.

At the beginning of the year, Mr Wu was not sanctioned in the UK. The Foundation thus wrote to the CPS asking them to consider sanctioning Mr Wu.

Then, in March 2026, it was announced that Mr Wu was sanctioned in the UK and was found to be none other than Hu Xiaowei: a long-term associate of Chen Zhi who has been unmasked as involved in the Prince Group's financial network under three different aliases.

Dunn said: "The impact of all of this is that 12.5 acres of community playing fields in Teddington remain out of meaningful community use until the situation is resolved.

"It is not known if the fields are a frozen asset, but clearly any attempt to purchase the site is now on hold.

"There are clearly questions for various solicitors and estate agents as to how this land was allowed to be purchased in the first place by such an individual."

He added that the Foundation is now seeking meetings with other stakeholders, including local MP Munira Wilson and Richmond Council, to explore ways of unblocking the situation and achieving meaningful use of the site.