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- Hong Kong prosecutors charged seven people and two firms with manslaughter and fraud over the November 26, 2025 Tai Po fire.
- Wednesday arraignment carries a 25-count indictment for manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud, money laundering, perverting justice and tax evasion, naming directors of Will Power Architects Company, Prestige Construction & Engineering Co., and a registered inspector.
- Police earlier arrested 38 suspects.
- A committee later blamed human error for the fire’s safety-system failures.
