Tao Hui Licensed House ｜ Question of corruption and misconduct of public officials

Political situation

Author: Zheng Rongdi

2020-05-03 13:00

Rupert Dover, Assistant Commissioner of Police, was accused of illegally staying at No. 1 License House in Bishui New Village, Clear Water Bay. He and his wife, who are also police officers, were then accused of packing the No. 61A License House in the same village as a bed and breakfast. Renting on social platforms.

Lin Zhuoting, a member of the Democratic Legislative Council, today (3rd) wrote to Qiu Shuchun, the head of the Executive Office of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, asking for thorough investigations into whether the Tao Huis and his wife had committed the crime of “corruption by agents” and “the crime of misconduct by public officials”.

Tao Hui, Assistant Commissioner of Police, was involved in illegally renting a license house, remodeling a "license house" (squatter house), and building a garden in a hegemony. The picture shows July 7, 2019, he appeared in the Kowloon parade. (Profile picture / Photo by Zhang Haowei)

Lin Zhuoting pointed out that Tao Hui and his wife Zhang Yashi were suspected of illegally operating unlicensed hotels and illegally occupying official land. After the incident, the reporter of "One Weekly" who was responsible for tracing the incident was arrested by the police for "loitering". The police detained and copied the reporter's interview notes without a "surrender order", which seriously violated the freedom of the press and violated the "interpretation and Article 85 of the General Regulations "Applying a warrant for seizing news materials". Lin Zhuoting believes that the relevant behavior is an abuse of police power and private enmity in the communique. It suppresses the media investigating the high-level scandal of the police force and is suspected of violating the "criminal misconduct of public officials." 

He also criticized that Tao Hui and his wife, who are also police officers, operated unlicensed hotels and suspected that they were operating voltage stabilizers. They suspected that they had not truthfully declared their interests to the Commissioner of Police and obtained approval. Such acts would seriously violate police discipline. And may violate Section 9 (3) of the "Prevention of Bribery Ordinance", "Corruption of Agents" and "Misconduct of Public Officials", so the ICAC is required to investigate thoroughly.

On May 1, the Sai Kung District Councillors visited the licensing house (squatter) where Tao Hui reported to live. Assistant Commissioner of Police Tao Hui is suspected of illegally renting a licence house. The unit where Tao Hui lives has a wooden fence outside and a small garden inside. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)

After the Apple Daily reported that Tao Hui, the assistant chief of the police, and his wife Zhang Yashi, who was the police sergeant, were suspected of illegally renting the license house, Tao Hui ’s wife immediately replaced the account of the social network account with the newspaper ’s interview for this report. Director's photo, the relevant behavior is suspected of violating the court injunction.

Apple ’s Legal Department sent a letter to Zhang Yashi yesterday (2nd) on behalf of the newspaper and the interview director involved, alleging that Zhang abused the reporter ’s photo as a personal profile picture of the social networking site, and asked Zhang to immediately remove the photo on facebook and improperly display the reporter ’s personal Apologize for the information, make a contract and promise not to commit any further damages. The letter also stated that it was studying follow-up Zhang's alleged violation of the injunction and contempt of the court, and considered taking further action.

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