Barrister and solicitor face court for suspected blackmail and deception
2000-6-19
A barrister and a solicitor, charged by the ICAC for allegedly blackmailing a businesswoman and attempting to deceive $10 million from her by claiming that a favourable forensic report could be provided to prove the authenticity of her husband ' s will, appeared at Eastern Court today (Monday).
No pleas were taken from Mo Sze-lung, Thomson, 35, barrister, and Yeung Chin-tat, Ailey, 30, solicitor. Magistrate Mr Ian Candy adjourned the case to July 17, 2000 for mention.
The defendants were jointly charged with one count of blackmail and one count of deception.
The first charge alleged the defendants of making an unwarranted demand of $10 million from Nina Wang Kung of Chinachem Group with menaces between June 12 and 15, 2000.
The second charge accused them of attempting to dishonestly obtain $10 million from Nina Wang Kung by deception during the same period.
The defendants were alleged to have falsely represented to Kung that a favourable forensic report could be provided in relation to the authenticity of a will of her husband.
The defendants were today each granted bail of $100,000 in cash and $100,000 in cash surety. They were also ordered to surrender their travel documents, not to leave Hong Kong, not to interfere with prosecution witnesses, report to the Police once a week and reside in their current addresses.
The prosecution was today represented by Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos, assisted by ICAC officers Jeremy Lo and Ricky Yu.
No pleas were taken from Mo Sze-lung, Thomson, 35, barrister, and Yeung Chin-tat, Ailey, 30, solicitor. Magistrate Mr Ian Candy adjourned the case to July 17, 2000 for mention.
The defendants were jointly charged with one count of blackmail and one count of deception.
The first charge alleged the defendants of making an unwarranted demand of $10 million from Nina Wang Kung of Chinachem Group with menaces between June 12 and 15, 2000.
The second charge accused them of attempting to dishonestly obtain $10 million from Nina Wang Kung by deception during the same period.
The defendants were alleged to have falsely represented to Kung that a favourable forensic report could be provided in relation to the authenticity of a will of her husband.
The defendants were today each granted bail of $100,000 in cash and $100,000 in cash surety. They were also ordered to surrender their travel documents, not to leave Hong Kong, not to interfere with prosecution witnesses, report to the Police once a week and reside in their current addresses.
The prosecution was today represented by Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos, assisted by ICAC officers Jeremy Lo and Ricky Yu.