Eight months’ jail for shuttle bus company operations assistant charged by ICAC for accepting $30,000 bribes over driver employment
2026-5-18
A then operations assistant of a shuttle bus company, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 18) sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts for accepting bribes totalling over $32,000 regarding the employment of a driver.
Chow King-lung, 45, then operations assistant of a subsidiary of Great Leader Bus Holdings Limited (Great Leader Bus), earlier pleaded guilty to five counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO). The court had earlier ordered the defendant to make restitution of about $32,000, equivalent to the bribe amount involved, to his former employer, a subsidiary of Great Leader Bus.
In sentencing, Magistrate Mr David Chum Yau-fong remarked that the purpose of the POBO was to safeguard fairness in society. Noting that the defendant had committed the same corruption offence in the past, the court deemed an immediate custodial sentence necessary.
At the material time, the defendant was responsible for employing drivers and managing transportation service operations for Great Leader Bus and its subsidiaries, including a shuttle bus route providing services to government staff. Great Leader Bus did not allow its staff to accept any advantages from drivers regarding their employment with the company and its subsidiaries.
The court heard that between September 2024 and January 2025, the defendant accepted bribes totalling over $32,000 from a driver to employ her on the abovementioned route.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Enquiries revealed that the defendant solicited monthly bribes ranging from about $3,400 to $7,500 from the driver. The driver would not have been employed on the route had she not paid these bribes.
Great Leader Bus rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Cody Chung.
Chow King-lung, 45, then operations assistant of a subsidiary of Great Leader Bus Holdings Limited (Great Leader Bus), earlier pleaded guilty to five counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO). The court had earlier ordered the defendant to make restitution of about $32,000, equivalent to the bribe amount involved, to his former employer, a subsidiary of Great Leader Bus.
In sentencing, Magistrate Mr David Chum Yau-fong remarked that the purpose of the POBO was to safeguard fairness in society. Noting that the defendant had committed the same corruption offence in the past, the court deemed an immediate custodial sentence necessary.
At the material time, the defendant was responsible for employing drivers and managing transportation service operations for Great Leader Bus and its subsidiaries, including a shuttle bus route providing services to government staff. Great Leader Bus did not allow its staff to accept any advantages from drivers regarding their employment with the company and its subsidiaries.
The court heard that between September 2024 and January 2025, the defendant accepted bribes totalling over $32,000 from a driver to employ her on the abovementioned route.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Enquiries revealed that the defendant solicited monthly bribes ranging from about $3,400 to $7,500 from the driver. The driver would not have been employed on the route had she not paid these bribes.
Great Leader Bus rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Cody Chung.