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Politics● Low28m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 5:32 AM

Hong Kong’s ICAC charges team leader of Kai Tak Hospital subcontractor over extortion

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged a subcontractor’s team leader for allegedly extorting more than HK$75,000 (US$9,600) from five electrical workers at the Kai Tak Hospital site, vowing to work with the government to strengthen protections for imported labour. According to an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) statement on Thursday, Zeng Chusong, the 52-year-old site team leader from Billion Best (E&M) Engineering Company, faced 10 counts of an agent accepting an...

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