A firm under the control of executives from real-estate giant Cheung Kong Property Holdings filed a complaint in Hong Kong’s high court earlier this month that claims HTF owes it HK$1.7m ($219,350) in management fees and monthly rent going back to the beginning of November, The Financial Times said.

The troubled Chinese PV group — which remains under a months-long probe by the Hong Kong securities regulator on allegations of market misconduct — has apparently emptied and left its 77th-floor offices in The Center, a high-rise building in the city’s financial district.