Sun Hung Kai Properties Joint Vice Chairmen and Managing Directors, Raymond Kwok Ping Luen, left, and Thomas Kwok Ping Kwong, walk together outside the Sung Hung Kai headquarters building in Hong Kong today. The two billionaire brothers who run Hong Kong’s top property developer said today they’re innocent of the suspected corruption they were arrested for last week in the city’s biggest graft probe in decades. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer
HONG KONG (AP) – Two billionaire brothers who run Hong Kong’s top property developer said today they’re innocent of the suspected corruption they were arrested for last week in the city’s biggest graft probe in decades.
Raymond and Thomas Kwok, joint chairmen and managing directors of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., were arrested briefly Thursday by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
“I want to confirm to everyone that I myself haven’t done anything wrong and I believe Thomas Kwok hasn’t done anything wrong either,” said Raymond Kwok. “I expect the investigation will prove we’re innocent.”
The pair were arrested for alleged bribery, along with an ex-government official whom local news reports have identified as a former chief secretary – the No. 2 job in the government.