The Home Affairs Department has referred the situation to relevant enforcement agencies after an independent commission hearing disclosed authorisation records linked to Tai Po district councillor Wong Pik-kiu. Reports said the records listed some Hong Fook Court owners as authorisers after their deaths, but the material does not establish that signatures were forged or that wrongdoing occurred.
The commission's senior counsel said the material included an Excel file titled “Units authorising Wong Pik-kiu”. The file was found among documents submitted by Honyan, the management company that took over the owners’ corporation after the fire.
Reports by i-CABLE News and Ming Pao said at least two owners had already died when they were listed as authorisers, prompting questions about whether someone might have signed on their behalf or whether the authorisations were otherwise improper.
A separate Star Headline report said at least three owners who had died before the owners’ meeting on 11 December 2021 were listed as having authorised Wong’s team. The supplied reports do not explain the difference between the figures of two and three.
The reported number of votes also has an unclear scope. i-CABLE News reported that Wong obtained 131 authorisation votes at two Hong Fook Court owners’ meetings. Ming Pao said a related file recorded 131 votes, but its report did not make clear whether that figure covered one meeting or two.
The supplied material contains no confirmed finding on whether any document was falsified, who signed the forms, or whether anyone would be held responsible. The department said it had taken note of the matter and referred it to the relevant enforcement agencies for appropriate follow-up; no investigation result or formal charge was provided.