Hong Kong Raids Offices in Bid-Rigging Probe After Deadly Fire

Hong Kong authorities searched 27 premises Wednesday and Thursday as part of an investigation into bid-rigging on building maintenance projects, two months after a fire in a residential estate killed 168 people.

The Competition Commission said the search included the offices of 14 companies and residences of individuals suspected of rigging the tendering for projects at 17 housing estates and buildings. The total value of the projects is about HK$700 million ($90 million), it said in a statement.