An inquiry into Hong Kong's deadliest fire revealed that high-risk renovation works at Wang Fung Court were treated as low-risk. Witnesses from the Housing Bureau's Independent Checking Unit are testifying about the lack of oversight.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The second of three witnesses from the Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit (ICU) is set to testify on Thursday at a hearing into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. The government-appointed independent committee will continue to question members of the unit over the lack of oversight in the run-up to the fire at Wang Fung Court, with Nick Yung...