HyD subcontractor employee charged with fraud over false road inspection reports
2020-11-23
An employee of a subcontractor of the Highways Department (HyD) has been charged by the ICAC today (November 23) with conspiracy to defraud the HyD by submitting road inspection reports containing photographs with altered dates.
Chui Ka-kin, 41, assistant to network manager of Wah Fung Engineering Company Limited (Wah Fung), faces five counts of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendant will appear at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday (November 25) for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint referred by the HyD. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offences.
In 2017, the HyD awarded a term contract to Chiu Hing Construction and Transportation Company Limited (Chiu Hing), which then subcontracted related works to Wah Fung.
Under the contract, Chiu Hing was required to deploy road inspectors to conduct regular road inspections on Hong Kong Island and prepare reports supported by real-time photographs of the roads taken during the inspections.
At the material time, the defendant was employed by Wah Fung as an assistant to network manager to support a network manager of Chiu Hing in overseeing the aforesaid contract. Assistant road inspectors of Wah Fung were assigned to carry out inspections and prepare reports under the supervision of the defendant and the network manager of Chiu Hing.
One of the charges alleges that between May 8 and June 30, 2017, the defendant conspired together with the aforesaid network manager of Chiu Hing and six then assistant road inspectors of Wah Fung to defraud the HyD by dishonestly submitting road inspection reports containing photographs of roads which were not taken on the dates specified on those photographs.
Four other charges allege that between September 1 and October 31, 2017, the defendant conspired with four of the aforementioned six then assistant road inspectors respectively to defraud the HyD by similar fraudulent means.
The defendant has allegedly deceived the HyD into believing that the actual conditions of the roads on the dates as specified on the photographs were as depicted in them.
The HyD has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance on Wednesday.
Chui Ka-kin, 41, assistant to network manager of Wah Fung Engineering Company Limited (Wah Fung), faces five counts of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendant will appear at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday (November 25) for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint referred by the HyD. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offences.
In 2017, the HyD awarded a term contract to Chiu Hing Construction and Transportation Company Limited (Chiu Hing), which then subcontracted related works to Wah Fung.
Under the contract, Chiu Hing was required to deploy road inspectors to conduct regular road inspections on Hong Kong Island and prepare reports supported by real-time photographs of the roads taken during the inspections.
At the material time, the defendant was employed by Wah Fung as an assistant to network manager to support a network manager of Chiu Hing in overseeing the aforesaid contract. Assistant road inspectors of Wah Fung were assigned to carry out inspections and prepare reports under the supervision of the defendant and the network manager of Chiu Hing.
One of the charges alleges that between May 8 and June 30, 2017, the defendant conspired together with the aforesaid network manager of Chiu Hing and six then assistant road inspectors of Wah Fung to defraud the HyD by dishonestly submitting road inspection reports containing photographs of roads which were not taken on the dates specified on those photographs.
Four other charges allege that between September 1 and October 31, 2017, the defendant conspired with four of the aforementioned six then assistant road inspectors respectively to defraud the HyD by similar fraudulent means.
The defendant has allegedly deceived the HyD into believing that the actual conditions of the roads on the dates as specified on the photographs were as depicted in them.
The HyD has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance on Wednesday.