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Hong Kong Arrests 21 for Corruption in Building Renovation Crackdown
The Independent Commission Against Corruption arrested 21 people in a triad-linked syndicate over tender manipulation involving HK$33 million in renovation contracts.
- On Jan 2, the Independent Commission Against Corruption arrested 21 people on suspicion of corruption in renovation tenders at two residential estates in Kwun Tong.
- Heightened scrutiny over bid-rigging and renovation safety followed the fatal Tai Po fire that killed at least 161 people, and John Lee, the city's leader, last month set up an independent committee to investigate.
- Allegations include intermediaries and consultants who reportedly manipulated tendering processes, with a contractor allegedly securing a HK$33 million contract by bribing a project consultant and members of an incorporated owners' corporation.
- ICAC officers conducted searches of engineering consultants' offices last week, seized tender documents and said they neutralised a suspected triad-linked corruption syndicate.
- Prior probes in April and August 2024 arrested 25 people in anti-graft operations, while police arrested 16 on suspicion of manslaughter linked to the Tai Po fire, and authorities cited substandard building materials.
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