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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
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Exclusive‘No limits’ to accountability over Tai Po fire, security chief Chris Tang says

Secretary for security says committee investigating blaze will deliver results in a timely manner and commission of inquiry not needed

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Justice still served without giving legal teeth to independent Tai Po fire committee: security chief
Jess MaandMatthew Cheng

As Hong Kong marks the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on July 1, the South China Morning Post talks to the city’s senior officials about the administration’s achievements so far and what may lie ahead.

Authorities will arrest and prosecute anyone if there is evidence of their wrongdoing in the Tai Po fire tragedy to ensure justice is served without needing the independent committee to become a legal commission of inquiry, Hong Kong’s security chief has vowed.

In an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said that law enforcement agencies were already prosecuting two people who refused to testify before the committee, and that there should be “no limits” to accountability in determining who was responsible for last November’s inferno.

“Whether they attend the committee or not, it doesn’t really matter. If we have evidence, we will arrest and we will prosecute,” Tang said.

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