A luxury home owner in Hong Kong was fined HK$110,000 after building unauthorized structures and a swimming pool at a seaside estate. The violation was uncovered following a government crackdown spurred by a record-breaking rainstorm.

The owner of a luxury home at a seaside estate in Hong Kong has been fined HK$110,000 (US$14,039) for building illegal structures and a swimming pool following a government crackdown triggered by a record-breaking rainstorm and an investigation by the South China Morning Post. Sunset Boulevard Company, which owns House No 76 at Redhill Peninsula, the luxury low-rise estate in Tai Tam, was sentenced at Eastern Court on Thursday. The private firm, founded in 1995, lists Hong Kong resident Marc...