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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Hong Kong, November 28 (Xinhua) — The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has established a task force to launch a comprehensive investigation into alleged corruption related to a major renovation project at the fire-damaged Hongfuyuan residential complex in Dabu County, Taipo, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced Friday.
The agency reported that on the same day it successively detained eight people involved in the project.
Seven men and one woman, aged between 40 and 63, were detained. Four of those detained are employees of the consulting firm overseeing the major renovation of the Hongfuyuan residential complex: two are board members of the company, and two are project managers responsible for overseeing the work. The other three detainees are subcontractors involved in scaffolding construction, including the married couple who own the company. The remaining detainee is a middleman.
On Friday, NCCB officers executed search warrants at 13 locations, including the offices of the consulting firm and its subcontractors, as well as the homes of those detained. Relevant design documents and bank records were seized.
The investigation is ongoing, all those arrested are currently in custody and being questioned at the ICAC. –0–
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