Hong Kong court orders Christian Zheng Sheng Association to be liquidated
A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of a scandal-plagued Christian charity for failing to repay HK$61 million (US$7.8 million) granted by the government to renovate a defunct boarding school for drug addicts. In a written judgment on Monday, the High Court granted the Department of Justice’s petition to wind up the Christian Zheng…
The association is known for previously operating Christian Zheng Sheng College at Ha Keng on Lantau Island to help teenagers struggling with drug addiction or on probation orders.
Established in 1985, the college for recovering drug addicts ceased operations in July 2024 after police arrested four directors and froze the non-profit association’s assets over the alleged misappropriation of HK$50 million in donations.
Three other wanted directors – principal Alman Chan Siu-cheuk, founder Lam Hay-sing and Chan Yau-chi – have fled the city.
The association replaced all of its directors after the police operation, violating a clause in a 2017 funding agreement for the college’s renovation that required the charity’s leadership to remain unchanged from the time it received financial help from the Beat Drugs Fund Association, a non-profit company governed by the Security Bureau.
The fund demanded that the charity repay HK$59.25 million in public money, which amounted to HK$61.4 million including interest, but the NGO ignored repeated requests.
