Hong Kong prosecutors ‘still not decided’ whether to charge CY Leung over HK$50 million UGL deal
Department of Justice dismisses report that it has wrapped up probe into former city leader’s deal, which he did not declare to his cabinet
That came as a lawmaker who initially called for the probe said he would be “astonished and disappointed” if the reports were true.
Leung’s failure to declare his deal with engineering firm UGL sparked controversy when it came to light in 2014. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Legislative Council investigated the deal for possible conflicts of interest.
At dispute this week was a TVB news report which quoted sources suggesting government lawyers decided not to prosecute Leung after advice from a senior barrister in the UK, which it had hired.
But a DoJ spokesman said on Sunday: “The Department of Justice has not decided on whether to institute any prosecution in that case ... As the case is not over yet, the department would not reveal any detail of it.”
