CY Leung issues stern warning as Democrats promise to follow through with UGL investigation
Former chief executive issues 17-page letter saying he ‘reserves all rights to pursue proper legal recourse … to protect his reputation’
Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying issued another strongly worded legal letter on Monday warning of further action against Democratic Party members after they vowed to push ahead with an investigation into a HK$50 million (US$6.4 million) payment he received from an Australian engineering firm during his term as the city’s chief executive.
Leung sent out the 17-page letter through his lawyers, a day after the Democrats said they would set up a committee to manage the HK$2.2 million they raised through a crowdfunding drive, which would be used to consult international experts on how to take the case forward.
The former chief executive had already threatened to take legal action more than two weeks ago when they first launched the crowdfunding campaign.
The letter, sent to lawmakers Lam Cheuk-ting and Andrew Wan Siu-kin, former legislator Albert Ho Chun-yan and barrister Senia Ng Sze-nok, accused the four of spreading false and misleading information on the internet.
Leung “reserves all his rights to pursue proper legal recourse in Hong Kong and in other jurisdictions … in order to protect his reputation,” the letter read, citing legal proceedings under the Defamation Ordinance.