Police question three senior executives in HKMEx probe
Four staff from failed firm interviewed as government officials play down impact of founder Barry Cheung's resignation from public posts
The probe into the collapse of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange has widened, with police questioning three senior executives of the failed commodities agency.
Separate sources confirmed yesterday that detectives from the commercial crime bureau had talked to a total of four staff from the exchange.
Meanwhile, government officials moved to shore up confidence in Leung Chun-ying's administration amid the growing controversy surrounding HKMEx founder Barry Cheung Chun-yuen, who was formerly his top aide.
Cheung resigned from all his public duties - including executive councillor and head of the Urban Renewal Authority - on Friday and is himself under police investigation over the collapse, the government has said.
Speaking to the Sunday Morning Post yesterday, Cheung, 54, would say only: "Sorry, I am not taking calls today. I am at home with friends and family."
A police spokeswoman confirmed investigators spoke to a man named Cheung, aged 54, on Friday.