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14 Mar 2016

Author:
Danny Mok, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong villagers watch in horror as bulldozers flatten their homes

Residents of a remote Sheung Shui village were shocked when bulldozers appeared and flattened their homes within minutes. According to villager Lee Siu-wah, who is also chairman of the Kwu Tung North Development Concern Group, the vehicles tore down the single-storey squatter homes at about 8am on Monday morning, without any prior notice. The buildings were home to at least 10 residents from two households. The families had been living at the site for several decades…

Residents are pointing the finger at Team Glory Development, a subsidiary of Henderson Land Development Company. A Henderson spokesman told the media on Monday that the site where the squatters were located did not belong to Henderson, and that both Henderson and Team Glory had nothing to do with the case. A female resident surnamed Lau said she had received a lawyer’s letter from Team Glory in 2009 claiming that part of the site belonged to the firm and asking the squatters to move…