Bodybuilding association chairman faces additional bribery and fraud charges
2009-12-28
The chairman of a bodybuilding association, who was earlier charged by the ICAC for his alleged role in a bribery scam to assist a suspended athlete in competing in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, was today (Monday) laid with additional bribery and fraud charg es.
Chan Siu-man, 39, chairman of Hong Kong China Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (HKCBBA), faces three additional charges –'96 two of conspiracy for an agent to accept an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance; and one of conspiracy to defraud.
Also charged was Chan Yun-to, 43, a bodybuilding athlete, who faces one of the bribery charges with Chan Siu-man.
The defendants will appear in Eastern Magistracy at 9:30 am on Thursday (December 31) for transfer to the District Court.
One of the bribery charges alleges that between January and December 2006, Chan Siu-man and Chan Yun-to conspired together with the secretary-general of the Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (ABBF) and a coach of HKCBBA for the secretary-general o f ABBF to accept US$10,000 from Chan Yun-to.
In return, the secretary-general of ABBF was said to have shortened or lifted the period of suspension of participating in any bodybuilding competition imposed on Chan Yun-to, and enabled him to participate in the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
Another bribery charge alleges Chan Siu-man of having conspired together with the secretary-general of ABBF, the coach of HKCBBA and another bodybuilding athlete between January 2006 and May 2009 for the secretary-general of ABBF to accept a sum of money between HK$100,000 odd and HK$200,000 from the athlete for the same reason.
ICAC enquiries revealed that Chan Yun-to and the above athlete were banned from any bodybuilding competition for two years and life respectively as they had failed doping tests in October 2005 after competing in a bodybuilding championship held in South K orea.
The remaining conspiracy charge alleges that between April 2007 and May 2009, Chan Siu-man conspired together with the above athlete to defraud the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) by falsely representing that the athlete was a full-time athlete and that his occupation was a part-time personal trainer.
As a result of the alleged false representation, the HKSI was induced to approve an elite training grant to the athlete in the total sum of HK$600,000.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Thursday.
Chan Siu-man, 39, chairman of Hong Kong China Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (HKCBBA), faces three additional charges –'96 two of conspiracy for an agent to accept an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance; and one of conspiracy to defraud.
Also charged was Chan Yun-to, 43, a bodybuilding athlete, who faces one of the bribery charges with Chan Siu-man.
The defendants will appear in Eastern Magistracy at 9:30 am on Thursday (December 31) for transfer to the District Court.
One of the bribery charges alleges that between January and December 2006, Chan Siu-man and Chan Yun-to conspired together with the secretary-general of the Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (ABBF) and a coach of HKCBBA for the secretary-general o f ABBF to accept US$10,000 from Chan Yun-to.
In return, the secretary-general of ABBF was said to have shortened or lifted the period of suspension of participating in any bodybuilding competition imposed on Chan Yun-to, and enabled him to participate in the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
Another bribery charge alleges Chan Siu-man of having conspired together with the secretary-general of ABBF, the coach of HKCBBA and another bodybuilding athlete between January 2006 and May 2009 for the secretary-general of ABBF to accept a sum of money between HK$100,000 odd and HK$200,000 from the athlete for the same reason.
ICAC enquiries revealed that Chan Yun-to and the above athlete were banned from any bodybuilding competition for two years and life respectively as they had failed doping tests in October 2005 after competing in a bodybuilding championship held in South K orea.
The remaining conspiracy charge alleges that between April 2007 and May 2009, Chan Siu-man conspired together with the above athlete to defraud the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) by falsely representing that the athlete was a full-time athlete and that his occupation was a part-time personal trainer.
As a result of the alleged false representation, the HKSI was induced to approve an elite training grant to the athlete in the total sum of HK$600,000.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Thursday.