Hong Kong justice minister Teresa Cheng denies wrongdoing over arbitration cases from her private practice
- Secretary for justice was accused in media report of not declaring assignments when she took government post
Hong Kong’s justice minister has denied any wrongdoing over her role in two international arbitration cases since taking up her government post.
It took Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah a whole day to clarify on Friday that she had already declared the two jobs along with four others before she took office in January last year, but did not see the need to report a seventh case because she had already quit as the chair.
Speaking from the sidelines of a public event on Friday evening, Cheng clarified she had already declared two of the three World Bank arbitration cases reported in an Apple Daily front page.
“Of the three cases, two of them had been declared to the chief executive when I took office,” Cheng said.
The justice minister said these cases were among six she already had approval from Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to continue working on after taking office.
“In the six cases, some I had to finish giving an award, some I had to finish the interim orders or directions,” Cheng said.