Hong Kong justice minister has more illegal structures on other properties, government confirms
Government released statement late on Sunday night confirming Cheng had illegal structures on at least one other property
Hong Kong’s beleaguered justice minister has at least one other property with three illegal structures on it, the government revealed late on Sunday night, hours after she dropped a strong hint of this possibility.
The property revealed in the latest statement is in Southern District on Hong Kong Island. Earlier checks of Land Registry records reveal that she holds, via a company, at least two other properties besides her Tuen Mun home – a flat and a unit in an industrial building.
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In a statement released late on Sunday, the government said that besides Cheng’s house in Tuen Mun, all her other properties had been examined.
Her property in the Southern District was found to have three unregistered alterations which had existed when she bought it.
“The authorised person has also on behalf of the secretary reported the findings to the Buildings Department and parts of the rectification work will commence as soon as possible” it said.
As two of the rectifications would involve the exterior walls of the property, an approval from the Property Management Committee was required.
