Businessman Lew Mon-hung summoned to ICAC over letter to CY Leung
Businessman and former ally of chief executive questioned at graft-buster's HQ for five hours
Pro-Beijing businessman Lew Mon-hung, a former ally of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, was called to the ICAC's headquarters yesterday.
Lew went to the graft-busters's office in North Point to be questioned for allegedly perverting the course of justice.
The case is believed to be related to a letter purportedly written by Lew to Leung on January 9, asking the chief executive to step in and stop a probe by the Independent Commission Against Corruption against him after he was arrested the day before.
Lew reportedly said in the letter the investigation was a "groundless persecution".
Lew reportedly said in the letter the investigation was a "groundless persecution"
He said he would hit back by "igniting a political bomb" if Leung did not grant his request to suggest that ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu handle Lew's case with care. Lew has neither confirmed nor denied media reports that he had asked Leung to stop the investigation.
Lew was arrested by the ICAC on January 8 in a case involving his listed company, Pearl Oriental Oil, of which he is vice-chairman.