The demolition of the stone house in the back lane of To Kwa Wan has been continued. A corporation has filed a lawsuit against a strange man and lost the lawsuit, but the demolition of unauthorized structures is still not clear.

A stone house was built 10 years ago in a back alley of Shek Tong Street, To Kwa Wan. Since it did not affect the nearby residents, they have been living in peace.

However, in recent years, there was a man surnamed Tang who claimed to have violated his authority and built shacks in the back alley, intending to occupy the stone house in the back alley, causing great disturbance to the residents.

Yesterday (18th), the Buildings Department and other departments sent personnel to the site to remove unauthorized structures. Today (19th) workers brought equipment to the site to continue the demolition work.

It is understood that Tang Nan will resort to a complaint when the owner stops him from unauthorized construction, making it difficult for the nearby garage and nursing home to survive.

Today, an owner revealed that a corporation hired a surveyor firm to clarify the ownership of a certain back alley a few years ago, and found that Tang Nan illegally occupied the land. building.

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The reporter from "Hong Kong 01" went to Ma Tau Wai Road this morning to inspect the demolition of stone houses and unauthorized structures by government departments. What they saw at the scene was that workers continued to remove and move tools and construction materials; there were also police officers and a large number of Buildings Department, Lands Department The personnel arrived at the stone house gate to inspect the environment and photographed records. It is not known when the stone house will be officially demolished.

Mr. Li, the owner of a hair salon on Ma Tau Wai Road, told reporters that Tang Nan lived on the 2nd floor of Chenxi Building. The back alley of the company is undergoing major construction projects, and even a ceiling is built by itself, and the back alley is filled with sundries, which makes the nearby owners quite a headache.

Even though the owner repeatedly asked Tang Nan to demolish the unauthorized structures, Tang ignored it.

Mr. Lai pointed out that Tang Nan once claimed that he had bought the title of the back alley with money in 1970, but there was no document to prove it. Later, he claimed that the title was donated by the developer, so he had the right to use the back alley.

Mr. Lai said that the Morning Sun Building Corporation hired a surveyor firm for more than 30,000 yuan in 2017 to clarify the ownership of the back lane location.

According to the report, the ownership of the location in the back alley belongs to Chenxi Building and several nearby buildings, and a part of it belongs to government land. Tang Nan has no ownership rights, so it is illegal occupation.

Chenxi Building Corporation and Tang Nan filed a lawsuit against Bo Gongtang. As a result, Chenxi Building Corporation won the case. Tang Nan later appealed, which was rejected by the Court of Appeal in 2021.

However, Tang Nan still did not remove the unauthorized buildings, and still placed the sundries in the back alley.

↓The situation before the construction and demolition of the strange man in Tokuawan in the back alley↓

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The police said they had received reports earlier that a building at 484-492 Chatham Road North, Hung Hom, had been unauthorizedly modified with pipes and damaged its exterior walls from April to June this year.

After investigation, officers arrested a 73-year-old local man surnamed Tang on June 17 and 27 on suspicion of criminal damage.

He was subsequently released on bail pending investigation, and the case was handed over to the 6th Team of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Kowloon City Police District for follow-up.

After consulting the Department of Justice, the arrested man was charged with 3 counts of criminal damage the day before yesterday (16th). The case will appear in the Kowloon City Magistrates' Court on the morning of August 26th.

Unauthorized construction of scaffolding in the back lane of To Kwa Wan Zhuo Wing Hing was present at the scene to inspect the seventy-year-old man charged with three counts of criminal damage The strange man in To Kwa Wan broke into a private property, changed his throat, erected a scaffolding, and illegally built multiple departments at the scene to clear it