(Macau).- The government is not ruling out the possibility of seizing the lot of land where project La Scala is being built. The sale is being disputed after Court of Final Appeal found that then-Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Ao Man Long, received us$ 2.6 million from Joseph Lau Luen Hung and BMA Investment chairman Steven Lo Kit-sing in 2005 for the sale of the land, that was previously held by companies controlled by the government.
The government said in a press statement it would not “rule out the possibility of invalidating the sale of the five sites,” but for now it will “follow the court hearing” that is scheduled for this week.
The government will then act accordingly, the secretary said.