Hong Kong justice chief Teresa Cheng avoids prosecution again over illegal structures
- Buildings Department says three units with problematic structures ‘had been corrected’
Hong Kong’s scandal-hit justice chief will not face prosecution over three more properties she owns, which – like her home – included illegal structures.
The Buildings Department said the three units belonging to Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah – two flats in Repulse Bay and Sha Tin, and an industrial unit in Fo Tan – “had been corrected”, according to reports.
On Sunday night, the department confirmed more unauthorised building works had been found in three locations, all owned by Cheng. But they were all removed by April this year, so the department did not consider launching any legal action.
Land Registry records showed that Cheng bought a 2,000 sq ft flat in Sea Cliff Mansions, on Repulse Bay Road, last September for HK$62 million (US$8 million) and HK$2.64 million.
The Post visited the flat early this year and found at least one suspected illegal alteration on its balcony railings. Cheng herself admitted there were at least three illegal structures on the property.