Tai Po Fire: 3 suspects rounded up & ICAC launched corruption probes
發佈日期: 2025-11-27 20:20
TVB News
Police arrested three suspects in charge of Wang Fuk Court's repair works on suspicion of manslaughter.
They include the construction company's two directors and one engineering consultant -- aged 52 to 68.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption has also set up a task force to investigate suspected corruption in connection with the maintenance project at Wang Fuk Court.
At around 9 a.m., plainclothes police officers took away one of the suspects from the office of Prestige Construction and Engineering Company Limited at Tai Yau Street in San Po Kong.
They boarded a private car and headed to the police station with computers, documents and other evidence seized.
Prestige Construction and Engineering Company is responsible for the exterior wall repair works of Wang Fuk Court.
The police's preliminary investigation found that the protective nets, protective films, waterproof tarpaulin and plastic sheets installed on the exterior walls allegedly did not meet fire prevention standards.
At the building that was spared from the raging fire, it was found that the windows outside each lift lobby had been sealed with Styrofoam boards.
The police say Styrofoam is a very flammable object.
So they do not rule out that these items could have led to the rapid spread of this blaze.
As the Styrofoams outside the windows were installed by the construction company, the police believe the incident might have been caused by the "gross negligence" of the firm's persons-in-charge.
The police also brought one of the suspects and returned to his apartment in Ha Mei San Tsuen -- a Yuen Long village -- to collect evidence for around 20 minutes.
It is understood that the suspect is the director and operation manager of Prestige Construction.
Another suspect -- reportedly the authorised signatory of Prestige Construction's projects -- was escorted to his Ma On Shan apartment to assist with investigations.
Consulting firm Will Power Architects Company is in charge of the repairs work for Wang Fuk Court. Its office was open in the morning. Its staff declined to respond to the matter.
