Hong Kong officials arrested 21 people involved in the renovation of two housing estates in an anti-graft crackdown on building construction and maintenance, the city’s anti-corruption agency said on Jan. 2.
The operation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) came after unsafe materials were found in the debris of a residential fire in the Tai Po District that killed at least 161 in November 2025.
In a statement, the ICAC said it arrested 15 men and six women, aged between 30 and 81, in a crackdown on a corrupt building maintenance syndicate.
The individuals were arrested on suspicion of corruption in relation with two grant renovation projects in the Kwun Tong District, in which they acted as middlemen, project consultants, project contractors, or members of incorporated owners (IO), who are the individual owners of apartments….
Hong Kong Arrests 21 in Renovation Graft Crackdown
