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Former Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung cleared of any wrongdoing over HK$50 million UGL payment after four-year ICAC probe
- Anti-corruption agency says it will not take any ‘further investigative action’, ending marathon probe into deal with Australian firm
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Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has been cleared of any wrongdoing after a four-year corruption investigation into a HK$50 million (US$6.4 million) payment he received from an Australian engineering firm.
The city’s graft-buster, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, said on Wednesday it would not take any “further investigative action”, ending the marathon probe.
In a statement, the ICAC said it submitted a report on Wednesday to the independent Operations Review Committee, which oversees the agency’s investigations.
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“After considering the report and the legal advice given, the [committee] endorsed that no further investigative action should be taken by the ICAC,” the statement said, adding that the Department of Justice had also decided there was “insufficient evidence to support a reasonable prospect of conviction” against Leung for any criminal offence.
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The ICAC also said it was dropping an investigation into legislator Holden Chow Ho-ding’s alleged interference with a subsequent Legislative Council inquiry into the payment.
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