Ex-manageress gets three months for accepting advantages, while housewife sentenced for bribing driving examiner
2003-12-30
A former area manageress of a snack shop, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) jailed for accepting advantages from subordinates, while a housewife was sentenced for bribing a driving examiner during a road test in a separate case.
In the first case, Wong Lai-fung, 35, formerly employed by Aji Ichiban Limited (AIC), received a jail sentence of three months at Tsuen Wan Magistracy for accepting over $4,700 worth of gifts and $4,000 cash from a number of subordinates for arranging the ir transfer, leave or promotion.
Wong was convicted of six counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The court heard that while employed by AIC, Wong was responsible for supervising the daily operation and management of its retail shops, including transfer, approval of leave, and promotion of staff.
Wong had, on four occasions, accepted a gold ring, a perfume bottle, a set of cosmetics and a set of bed-linen from a shop assistant.
The gifts, worth over $2,700 in total, were rewards for Wong to transfer the shop assistant to another retail shop and to grant her two days' leave.
On another occasion, another shop assistant, to whom Wong claimed she had recommended for promotion, accompanied Wong to a boutique and offered her $4,000 cash for the payment of two knitwear and a leather jacket.
Wong accepted the bribe, but in the end the shop assistant was not promoted.
The court also heard that Wong had accepted a diamond pendant worth about $2,000 from a third shop assistant for sparing her a penalty for making private phone calls whilst on duty.
The offences took place between 1999 and February 2001.
The prosecution was today represented by Philip Ross on a fiat, assisted by ICAC officer Winnie Fung.
In the second case, a housewife was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, suspended for three years, at Tuen Mun Magistracy for offering a $1,000 bribe to a driving examiner.
Wong Mui-lan, 42, earlier pleaded guilty to one count of offering an advantage to a public servant, contrary to Section 4(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The court heard that whilst taking a road test on November 14, 2003, Wong offered $1,000 to a Driving Examiner II of the Transport Department after realizing that she had made a mistake.
She told the driving examiner that it was her third attempt of road test and asked him to give her a pass.
The examiner refused the defendant's offer and reported the incident to his supervisor, who immediately referred the matter to the ICAC.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Kris Lee.
In the first case, Wong Lai-fung, 35, formerly employed by Aji Ichiban Limited (AIC), received a jail sentence of three months at Tsuen Wan Magistracy for accepting over $4,700 worth of gifts and $4,000 cash from a number of subordinates for arranging the ir transfer, leave or promotion.
Wong was convicted of six counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The court heard that while employed by AIC, Wong was responsible for supervising the daily operation and management of its retail shops, including transfer, approval of leave, and promotion of staff.
Wong had, on four occasions, accepted a gold ring, a perfume bottle, a set of cosmetics and a set of bed-linen from a shop assistant.
The gifts, worth over $2,700 in total, were rewards for Wong to transfer the shop assistant to another retail shop and to grant her two days' leave.
On another occasion, another shop assistant, to whom Wong claimed she had recommended for promotion, accompanied Wong to a boutique and offered her $4,000 cash for the payment of two knitwear and a leather jacket.
Wong accepted the bribe, but in the end the shop assistant was not promoted.
The court also heard that Wong had accepted a diamond pendant worth about $2,000 from a third shop assistant for sparing her a penalty for making private phone calls whilst on duty.
The offences took place between 1999 and February 2001.
The prosecution was today represented by Philip Ross on a fiat, assisted by ICAC officer Winnie Fung.
In the second case, a housewife was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, suspended for three years, at Tuen Mun Magistracy for offering a $1,000 bribe to a driving examiner.
Wong Mui-lan, 42, earlier pleaded guilty to one count of offering an advantage to a public servant, contrary to Section 4(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The court heard that whilst taking a road test on November 14, 2003, Wong offered $1,000 to a Driving Examiner II of the Transport Department after realizing that she had made a mistake.
She told the driving examiner that it was her third attempt of road test and asked him to give her a pass.
The examiner refused the defendant's offer and reported the incident to his supervisor, who immediately referred the matter to the ICAC.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Kris Lee.