Activist applies for judicial review of Hong Kong justice minister’s decision not to prosecute CY Leung

Former lawmaker Tsang Kin-shing claims move was illegal and wants High Court to order charges be brought against city’s former leader

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Tsang Kin-shing files his application for a judicial review at the High Court. Photo: Felix Wong

Published: 7:50pm, 12 Mar 2019Updated: 9:16pm, 12 Mar 2019

A Hong Kong activist is seeking to launch a legal challenge against the justice department’s decision not to prosecute the city’s former leader Leung Chun-ying.

Tsang Kin-shing applied for the judicial review, which targets the secretary for justice, at the High Court on Tuesday.

Pan-democratic lawmakers who accompanied him said they were contemplating a private prosecution.

Tsang’s move came three months after the Department of Justice announced it would not prosecute Leung, who had been accused of a conflict of interest in relation to his non-disclosure of a HK$50 million payment he received from Australian engineering firm UGL, before and after he became the city’s chief executive in 2012.

Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying was paid HK$50 million in relation to his work with property company DTZ. Photo: Nora Tam

The money involved stemmed from an agreement Leung, as director of property company DTZ, made with UGL during the Australian firm’s acquisition of DTZ in 2011.

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