City Digest, January 9, 2013

TV actor Oscar Leung Lit-wai has asked a court to strike out a lawsuit filed by restaurant boss Kenny Wee Ho in which Wee alleged that Leung had made defamatory remarks. Leung has also asked the High Court to award unspecified damages "for abuse of civil process". Wee, husband of 2006 Miss Hong Kong contestant Suki Chui Suk-man, had accused Leung of making offending statements around December 6. Leung's filing says Wee's claim is "without merit" and the statements were not defamatory.

High-profile cyclist Martin Turner won an appeal yesterday against a court order asking him to pay the legal costs of a previous case. Turner, chairman of the Cycling Alliance, was acquitted in July last year of a charge of careless driving and ordered to pay HK$30,000, but the bill is now to be paid by the prosecution.