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Under-fire Hong Kong justice chief Teresa Cheng agrees to appear before lawmakers as outcry over dropped CY Leung case rumbles on
- Cheng will attend Legco panel meeting on January 28 to explain justice department’s prosecution policy
- Pan-democrats vow to press her on UGL case despite warning from panel chairwoman not to dwell on specifics
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Hong Kong’s embattled justice minister, Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, has agreed to appear before lawmakers demanding a full explanation as to why she decided not to prosecute former chief executive Leung Chun-ying following a four-year investigation by graft-busters into his business dealings.
Cheng will attend a Legislative Council meeting on January 28 to explain the prosecution policy of the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, chairwoman of the legislature’s administration of justice and legal services panel.
The department has not yet decided whether top prosecutor David Leung Cheuk-yin will also attend the panel meeting.
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Lawmakers will have one hour to question Cheng.
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“I received the DOJ’s reply this morning,” Priscilla Leung said on Friday. “Since it’s only a regular meeting, we’ve squeezed time from existing agenda items and arranged one hour to discuss prosecution policy.”
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