A group of New Territories villagers railing against a fung shui compensation bridge project have a fresh battle on their hands.
Lands Department officials ordered two residents of Kap Lung village, in Tai Lam Country Park, to demolish their 1970s gates. Villagers say the official order is revenge for their campaign to stop construction of a so-called fung shui bridge.
Lands inspector Choi Kin-hung and three other officials visited the village on Wednesday, the villagers said. They ordered two families to remove their gates - just a day before they met legislators to determine the legitimacy of the bridge.
'The Lands officer ordered us to demolish our gates. He said that if we refused, they would come to remove them and bill us for it,' villager Elza Wong said. 'My eldest sister was so scared, she wouldn't join us to meet the legislators on Thursday.'
The Democratic Party's Wong Sing-chi - one of five legislators meeting villagers and concern groups over the Kap Lung situation - said the order was illegitimate and accused the Lands Department of 'undermining the Legislative Council'.
'When the legislature is investigating a case, all government action related to it should stop. The Lands Department is challenging the legislature's power. We are following up the case - how can they remove the gates? They want to pressure the complainant not to complain. They are using this trick to cover up [their problems],' Wong said.
