CY lied about his home, says former backer
CPPCC member says he is speaking out because chief executive failed to honour commitments
A former supporter of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has accused him of "lying" about his handling of the illegal structures at his Peak home, citing executive councillor Barry Cheung Chun-yuen as his source.
Cheung yesterday denied the accusation.
Lew Mon-hung, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also said Leung broke his promise to appoint him as an executive councillor and nominate him as the sole candidate to a top post of a national advisory body.
Lew backed Leung in last year's chief executive race even when he appeared to have little hope of winning.
In an interview in yesterday's iSun Affairs weekly, Lew said former Leung campaign office chairman Cheung had told him the chief executive had "made up the story" about calling in three professionals to determine that his house on Peel Rise at The Peak had no illegal structures.
The Chief Executive's Office said yesterday that Leung had "explained the illegal structure row many times before and has nothing to add".
No stranger to controversy, Lew admitted to Now TV yesterday that an investigation by the city's graft fighter into listed energy company Pearl Oriental Oil, of which he is the deputy chairman and executive director, was one of the reasons that triggered his outburst against Leung.