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Hong Kong hotels escape charges after judge rejects broad reading of cartel law (update*)

By Yonnex Li ( March 10, 2026, 08:33 GMT | Insight) -- Hong Kong's Competition Tribunal dismissed an antitrust case against two hotel operators accused of facilitating price-fixing between travel service competitors, ruling that the Competition Commission should have pursued the case under a different legal provision. Tribunal President Justice Jonathan Harris ruled that prosecuting facilitators under Section 6 of the Competition Ordinance would be "anomalous" when Section 91 exists specifically for that purpose.Hong Kong's Competition Tribunal has dismissed an antitrust case against two hotel operators accused of facilitating price-fixing between travel service competitors, ruling that the competition regulator should have pursued the case under a different legal provision....

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