This Ted Hui is so fishy.
All of these "pro-democracy" leaders rely on subterfuge, deception, and deceit (redundancy intended).
From SCMP
From Dimsum
Now I understand that he could have a personal lawyer that handled it separately from the party, but looking at his crowdfunding link:
From the link he is specifically identifying himself as LEGISLATOR Ted Hui (立法會 許智峯議員) [Correct me if I'm wrong, as I mentioned, I'm a stupid CBC, lol], so his party's lawyer should be aware of it at the very least.
Again, it could be that he is not doing a good job of separating his private ventures and party ventures, but his party not even being aware of $3.6m HKD is at the very least an ethical violation, if not a legal one (*my opinion, not known for a fact)
His audit report only goes until June, so it is not really proof of anything as he claims.
Furthermore, his crowdfund page shows ~$3.5m HKD, but the audit shows 3.6m HKD, 100K HKD is not huge, but I think the big inconsistencies means even the little ones bear scrutiny
Beyond that, that is not a detailed audit at all. "Legal Fees" is basically the only expense with no breakdown whatsoever.
As mentioned by @KYli, HKPF claims only $850K was frozen
All of these "pro-democracy" leaders rely on subterfuge, deception, and deceit (redundancy intended).
From SCMP
Lawyer James To Kun-sun of the Democratic Party said he had no knowledge of the crowdfunding, but jumping court bail was not legal grounds to freeze Hui and his family’s bank accounts.
From Dimsum
As for the more than 3 million funds he raised to pay for private prosecution cases last year, Hui said that all the funds have always been kept in the lawyer’s accounts and the audit report has been fully disclosed, emphasising that the funds have nothing to do with his personal and family accounts.
Now I understand that he could have a personal lawyer that handled it separately from the party, but looking at his crowdfunding link:
From the link he is specifically identifying himself as LEGISLATOR Ted Hui (立法會 許智峯議員) [Correct me if I'm wrong, as I mentioned, I'm a stupid CBC, lol], so his party's lawyer should be aware of it at the very least.
Again, it could be that he is not doing a good job of separating his private ventures and party ventures, but his party not even being aware of $3.6m HKD is at the very least an ethical violation, if not a legal one (*my opinion, not known for a fact)
His audit report only goes until June, so it is not really proof of anything as he claims.
Furthermore, his crowdfund page shows ~$3.5m HKD, but the audit shows 3.6m HKD, 100K HKD is not huge, but I think the big inconsistencies means even the little ones bear scrutiny
Beyond that, that is not a detailed audit at all. "Legal Fees" is basically the only expense with no breakdown whatsoever.
As mentioned by @KYli, HKPF claims only $850K was frozen