Trustees chase HK$15 million from Rafael Hui, former Hong Kong chief secretary, and his wife Teresa Lo Mei-mei
High Court lawsuits meant to repay creditors owed money from the city’s jailed former number two official
Two trustees handling the property of bankrupt and jailed former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan filed lawsuits on Thursday at the High Court to pursue over HK$15 million from two parties, including a company Hui’s wife directed.
Mat Ng and John Lees, managing directors of accounting firm JLA Asia and trustees of Hui’s property, asked for HK$15.29 million from a company called Top Faith Enterprises Limited. According to the government’s companies registry, Hui’s wife Teresa Lo Mei-mei served as the company’s director and Hui was its secretary.
The other writ sought HK$530,000 from businessman Francis Kwan Hung-sang, a childhood friend of Hui’s who was a co-defendant in Hui’s case.
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Hui was declared bankrupt in November 2013 and owed more than HK$60 million to banks and creditors. His property was assigned to the two trustees who were now trying to locate money from Hui to repay the creditors.
Hui’s wife told the press after Hui was jailed in December last year that she and her husband maintained separate finances and advised other married women to smarten up and do the same.
According to one writ, Ng and Lees asked Kwan for the sum related to three cheques that he received between December 2008 and April 2010.
