Whistle-blower on Hong Kong MTR construction scandal launches legal bid to overturn inquiry’s findings

A whistle-blower at the centre of a construction scandal involving Hong Kong’s costliest rail link is suing the government-appointed commission of inquiry in a legal bid to overturn its finding that the project was safe to go live.In a writ filed on Thursday for a judicial review, subcontractor China Technology sought a court order to quash the interim and final reports of the commission chaired by former judge Michael Hartmann on the expanded Hung Hom station of the HK$90.7 billion (US$11.7…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3085349/whistle-blower-hong-kong-mtr-construction-scandal-launches