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CY Leung UGL payment sagai

In 2016 the Legislative Council set up a committee to investigate Leung Chun-ying’s receipt of HK$50 million from Australian engineering firm UGL. That payment came after UGL's 2011 purchase of DTZ, an insolvent property company of which Leung was a director before becoming Hong Kong chief executive in 2012. Leung took the cash after his election, but did not declare it to his cabinet. He insisted there was no conflict of interest and it was a normal "resignation arrangement", but pan-democrats alleged impropriety.

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The secretary for justice faces a tough time in the legislature over her department’s refusal to prosecute former chief executive Leung Chun-ying.

The public deserves an explanation on the decision not to prosecute former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying, and silence has only politicised the case and undermined government credibility.

Lam Cheuk-ting’s dogged pursuit of the former chief executive over a HK$50m payment from an Australian firm has ended with Leung being cleared by the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Department of Justice.

  • Holden Chow had the right to seek the former chief executive’s input over investigation into HK$50 million UGL saga, committee finds
  • But opposition figures sitting on panel argue he brought the legislature into disrepute
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After 35 years fighting crime, Ricky Chu is stepping down from the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and in his last interview he hints at why former chief executive Leung Chun-ying wasn’t charged.

Civic Party’s Dennis Kowk wanted Teresa Cheng to answer questions on case involving former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, but non-binding motion was easily defeated.

Pro-establishment parties say they will vote against lawmaker Dennis Kwok’s motion, which aims to get the secretary for justice to appear and explain her decision not to seek outside legal advice before dropping CY Leung case.

The select committee investigating the former chief executive’s payments by the Australian firm UGL bemoaned its lack of authority to summon witnesses. The move follows the government’s decision in December not to press charges against Leung.

When it comes to former Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying, whom the pan-democrats of this town are always after, they are not likely to take no (that is: not guilty) for an answer.

Secretary for justice will attend Legco panel meeting on January 28 to explain department’s prosecution policy, with pan-democrats vowing to press her on dropped CY Leung case.

Former prosecutors say the justice department veered from regular practice on cases involving a top government official. So just why is Teresa Cheng’s decision to not seek external legal advice so controversial?

Pro-government legislator calls for clarity over Department of Justice’s call in case of Leung Chun-ying’s undeclared multimillion-dollar payout from engineering company.

Lam also said there was conflict of interest for Teresa Cheng in the case, as Cheng had no links with former chief executive Leung. Lawmakers from either side of the political divide were critical of Cheng for not adequately explaining why the department did not seek outside legal advice.

In separate statements, the Bar Association and the Law Society asked Cheng if the Justice Department had changed its policy on seeking outside counsel. Opposition lawmakers have warned of a possible motion of no confidence in Cheng but the minister has the support of LegCo’s largest party.

Secretary for justice breaks two-week silence and labels as ‘spurious’ recent claims that she has been evasive, adding that department procedure has always been to make an internal decision on such cases

Pan-democrats, who held the event, claim some 1,200 people showed up but police say the figure was 525, as marchers take their call to office of justice chief Teresa Cheng.