Three men from a construction company, previously nabbed by police over the Tai Po blaze, were rearrested on Friday night in relation to a corruption probe into the deadly incident, Hong Kong’s anti-graft watchdog has said.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Saturday evening that it had arrested the three men, aged 52 to 68, in relation to an “investigation into possible corruption in the grand renovation project of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po.”
Police previously arrested the trio on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday, a day after a massive fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. At least 128 people have been killed in the inferno, and around 150 remain missing.
The three men – two directors and an engineering consultant at Prestige Construction & Engineering, a firm in charge of the renovation work at Wang Fuk Court – were released on bail on Friday night.
Separately, the ICAC arrested eight people on Friday on suspicion of corruption linked to the HK$330 million renovation project at Wang Fuk Court.
The eight suspects included two directors at a construction consulting firm and three bamboo scaffolding subcontractors.
