Trio in court for alleged bribery over prototype production contracts
2013-8-19
Three persons appeared in the Shatin Magistracy today (Monday) after being charged by the ICAC with accepting and offering bribes totalling $36,300 respectively for awarding contracts in relation to the production of prototypes.
Cheng Wing-kit, 46, former assistant sales manager of Luxform Rapid Prototyping Co. Limited (Luxform), who was charged last Thursday (August 15), faced one count of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ord inance (POBO).
Also charged last Thursday were Lai Tat-chuen, 51, then proprietor of Promotive Product Design Co. (PPD), and Lee Yau-shing, 47, former manager of PPD, who jointly faced one count of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the PO BO.
The trio pleaded not guilty to the charges today. Magistrate Andrew Ma Hon-cheung adjourned the case to September 30 this year for a pre-trial review.
Luxform was a company which provided rapid prototyping services, while PPD was one of its contractors.
Cheng was alleged to have accepted bribes totalling $36,300 from Lai and Lee between July 2008 and October 2010 as a reward for awarding contracts in relation to the production of prototypes by Luxform to PPD.
Lai and Lee were alleged to have offered the said bribes to Cheng for the same purpose.
Meanwhile, Lee was also charged with one count of fraud by allegedly deceiving about $96,000 from PPD in a separate case.
Lee pleaded not guilty to the charge, which alleged that between June 2005 and June 2010, Lee falsely represented to Lai that 10 per cent of the price of contracts awarded to PPD by Watermark Asia Limited (Watermark) had to be given to unidentified person s of Watermark as commission.
With intent to defraud, Lee allegedly induced Lai to issue a total of 24 cheques in the total amount of about $96,000 to him.
Magistrate Andrew Ma Hon-cheung adjourned the case to September 30 this year for a pre-trial review.
The three defendants were granted cash bail ranging from $6,000 to $18,000 in the two separate cases. They were also ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution in the two cases was today represented by ICAC officer Yvonne Nam.
Cheng Wing-kit, 46, former assistant sales manager of Luxform Rapid Prototyping Co. Limited (Luxform), who was charged last Thursday (August 15), faced one count of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ord inance (POBO).
Also charged last Thursday were Lai Tat-chuen, 51, then proprietor of Promotive Product Design Co. (PPD), and Lee Yau-shing, 47, former manager of PPD, who jointly faced one count of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the PO BO.
The trio pleaded not guilty to the charges today. Magistrate Andrew Ma Hon-cheung adjourned the case to September 30 this year for a pre-trial review.
Luxform was a company which provided rapid prototyping services, while PPD was one of its contractors.
Cheng was alleged to have accepted bribes totalling $36,300 from Lai and Lee between July 2008 and October 2010 as a reward for awarding contracts in relation to the production of prototypes by Luxform to PPD.
Lai and Lee were alleged to have offered the said bribes to Cheng for the same purpose.
Meanwhile, Lee was also charged with one count of fraud by allegedly deceiving about $96,000 from PPD in a separate case.
Lee pleaded not guilty to the charge, which alleged that between June 2005 and June 2010, Lee falsely represented to Lai that 10 per cent of the price of contracts awarded to PPD by Watermark Asia Limited (Watermark) had to be given to unidentified person s of Watermark as commission.
With intent to defraud, Lee allegedly induced Lai to issue a total of 24 cheques in the total amount of about $96,000 to him.
Magistrate Andrew Ma Hon-cheung adjourned the case to September 30 this year for a pre-trial review.
The three defendants were granted cash bail ranging from $6,000 to $18,000 in the two separate cases. They were also ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution in the two cases was today represented by ICAC officer Yvonne Nam.