Hong Kong properties linked to senior police officers fall foul of government rules, investigation finds
- Reviews by two departments find housing connected to assistant police commissioner Rupert Dover breached licence conditions
- Another senior officer David Jordan lived in home with several unauthorised features, according to probe
Two houses linked with Hong Kong’s assistant police commissioner and his family breached licensing rules, while another senior officer’s home was found with a raft of unauthorised alterations, according to a government investigation.
The Lands and Buildings departments released their findings on Tuesday into allegations that emerged about a month ago of irregularities at two Clear Water Bay properties tied to assistant police commissioner Rupert Dover, and a village house, also in Sai Kung district, lived in by Chief Superintendent David Jordan.
But the Buildings Department cleared a third officer, Superintendent Vasco Williams, on the basis that additions to the rooftop and balcony of his Tai Tung Tseung home had been declared, with permission secured to keep them.
The authorities launched a review into the properties in early May after media reports first alleged that Dover might have broken land rules over two houses in Pik Shui Sun Tsuen in Clear Water Bay.
Dover admitted that he and his wife, also a police officer, stayed in one of them, while Facebook posts were removed that suggested the couple might have rented out the other one for short-term stays.
