Just came across this little bit of information which may be one of the reasons he has "gone to ground" of late.

Hedley Thomas

National Chief Correspondent

Brisbane

24 July 2014

CLIVE Palmer is embroiled in claims of “fraud” and “dishonesty” levelled by his estranged Chinese business partners, who have significantly raised the stakes in their legal row with a powerful document that holds him personally responsible for more than $12 million in missing funds.