Police investigate planning papers of firm linked to Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying
Application by HKR International alleged to contain faked supporting documents
Police are expected to collect stacks of documents from town planners for investigation after a controversial plan by a firm linked to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to build 1,600 flats on Lantau Island was alleged to have included more than eight fake supporting submissions.
The probe came after Leung on Tuesday sidestepped questions on reports he once suggested adding more flats to a Discovery Bay project proposed by HKR International. HKR is a client of surveyors DTZ Japan, of which Leung is a shareholder.
Islands district councillor Amy Yung Wing-sheung, who opposed the plan, found her name and details used to voice support for HKR’s plan to build the 1,601 flats by rezoning land. She said some of the submissions even used her office’s fax number.
The same happened to a number of residents who objected to the project, she said.
“I think that is a very serious fraud case,” said Yung, who reported the details to police last month.
Police told Yung yesterday they would get bundles of papers from the Town Planning Board. By last night, no one had been arrested.