HONG KONG, June 10, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Hong Kong authorities charged seven people and two companies on Wednesday over the world's deadliest residential building fire in decades, which killed 168 people at a public housing estate last year.

Authorities "today charged seven individuals and two companies with 25 counts of offences, including manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud, 'money laundering', attempting to pervert the course of public justice, and tax evasion", the government said in a statement.