Developer awaits his day in court

GUANGZHOU: A Hong Kong businessman is seeking up to 110 million yuan ($14.1 million) in compensation from a local-level intermediate court in Guangdong Province for its alleged "infringement of (his) rights to develop land".

Chan Ho-wai, president of a Zhongshan-based joint venture between Chan's Macao-based company and a Jiangmen-based company, said yesterday that the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court had "misused its judicial right" during a property development case.

The trial, believed to be the biggest court case ever filed against a government department in Guangdong Province, opened yesterday at the Guangdong Higher People's Court. The defendant was not present.