The government’s most senior veterinarian has been suspended from his duties for alleged abuse of power and illicit involvement in business activities, local media reported late last week.
Government-owned broadcaster TDM identified the suspect as Choi U Fai, chief of the Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) Veterinary Inspection and Control Division until his recent suspension in the wake of an investigation by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC).
The CCAC probe was launched in August last year, based on a complaint by animal rights activist Zoe Tang Wing-yan, who worked for local animal protection group ANIMA at that time.
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