A village leader who admits responsibility for massive soil dumping in a green-belt New Territories valley - including land held by a major developer - has refused to clear the site.
Yip Chi-leung, who says he is collaborating with overseas owners to turn the land at Tung Tsz in Tai Po into a tourist spot, claims to have rented some of the site from Wheelock Properties.
Wheelock said it received complaints about the dumping early this month and since then had been trying to stop it.
But Mr Yip said: 'I am doing no harm to the company and I'm not breaking the law. If they sue me, I'll see them in court.'
The dumping, which has been going on for a decade, illustrates the government's difficulty in controlling such actions because of loopholes in town planning laws.
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, a neighbour of the site, has filed complaints to the government about the dumping in its backyard for years, but to no avail.