Anti-graft watchdog looking into Hong Kong leader CY Leung’s intervention in Legco probe

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has opened a file on Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s behind-the-scenes intervention into a legislative probe into his past business dealings, the Post has learned.

That revelation comes about a month after opposition politicians filed complaints with the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) following Leung’s admission that he sought to influence a probe into the HK$50 million he got from Australian engineering firm UGL.

Earlier in May, a document from pro-establishment lawmaker Holden Chow Ho-ding that had been submitted to a Legislative Council select committee set up to investigate the case was found to contain changes that came from the chief executive himself.

Leung confirmed that he had “made suggestions about the scope” of the investigation to Chow, but denied any wrongdoing.

It was revealed in 2014 that Leung had made a non-compete, non-poach deal with UGL, which in 2011 purchased DTZ, an insolvent property firm of which he was a director.