Govt Officials Inspect Rupert Dover's Home

The Lands Department sent a team of 10 officials to the Clearwater Bay home of assistant police commissioner Rupert Dover on Monday morning, to look into whether he and his wife are breaching licensing rules for the property which sits on government land.

Dover opened the door to the officials and invited them in.

"Come in and have a quick chat. Obviously, I don't want to do this out here," he said, after checking one official's ID card.

The government officials took photographs and measurements around the outside of the house.

On Friday, Dover confirmed that the property in Pik Shui Sun Tsuen is a licensed house, which means only the original licensee and their family are allowed to live there.

The assistant commissioner told reporters that the licensee is a relative of his wife and he was keen to get clarification as to which family members of a licensee qualify to live in such a property.

As well as the Lands Department, the Home Affairs Department is also following up media reports regarding Dover's links to property in the village.

Apple Daily reported last week that the police chief and his wife have been advertising another house there as a guesthouse, despite not having the licence required to rent it out.