Hong Kong police call to criminalise bid-rigging in wake of Tai Po estate blaze

Hong Kong police have proposed introducing legislation enforced by a designated agency to criminalise bid-rigging, along with more attractive leniency and cooperation agreements for whistle-blowers, in the wake of the city’s deadliest fire in decades. In a submission to a judge-led independent committee investigating last November’s disaster at Wang Fuk Court released on Friday, Superintendent Lam Kai-chor of the organised crime and triad bureau said the current civil regime of the Competitio...

By Matthew Cheng