Former hotel engineer gets 4 years in total for two bribery cases
2000-9-21
A group engineering manager formerly employed by the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Limited (Mandarin Oriental) was given a 40 months' jail sentence at District Court today (Thursday) for offering bribes to his colleagues to facilitate a contract scam and inflating quotations.
Chan Chun-man, 40, earlier pleaded guilty to one count of offering an advantage and two counts of conspiracy to defraud. The prosecution offered no evidence against his two remaining bribery and conspiracy offences.
Chan is serving a three-and-a-half-year jail term for conspiring to accept $1.1 million in illegal kickbacks to award $5 million worth of hotel contracts in a separate case.
Judge Wright today ordered six months imposed in the current case to run consecutively with the earlier sentence. Chan now needs to serve four years in prison for the two cases.
In sentencing, the judge said an immediate custody was appropriate since the offences committed by the defendant constituted a serious breach of trust.
The court heard that because of his position, Chan had close connection with various engineering contractors.
The Mandarin Oriental management relied heavily upon Chan's expertise in selecting contractors for repair and maintenance work at two hotels - Mandarin Oriental and Excelsior.
Wong Choy Decoration & Painting (Wong Choy), operated by Wong Yiu-kuen, was one of the contractors which from time to time was awarded contracts for work to be carried out at Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
Chan and Wong had conspired to defraud Mandarin Oriental by falsely inflating a quotation by $100,000 to $375,000 from Wong Choy for installation of equipment at the hotel roof to facilitate the filming of the handover celebration in 1997.
The pair had also inflated an invoice from Wong Choy for a painting job by $10,000.
The court was also told that Chan had offered $11,400 to Chu Wai-shing, chief engineer of Mandarin Oriental, for awarding contracts of electrical, mechanical and renovation works by Mandarin Oriental to various contractors.
The offences took place between February 1, 1996 and May 31, 1997.
Wong, 43, was also charged by the ICAC with three conspiracy offences. He pleaded guilty to one of the charges yesterday, while the remaining two offences were ordered by the court to be left on file.
The judge adjourned sentencing until October 11 this year, pending background and community service order reports. Wong was remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
The prosecution was today represented by Peter Callaghan on a fiat, assisted by ICAC officer Dickson Liang.
Chan Chun-man, 40, earlier pleaded guilty to one count of offering an advantage and two counts of conspiracy to defraud. The prosecution offered no evidence against his two remaining bribery and conspiracy offences.
Chan is serving a three-and-a-half-year jail term for conspiring to accept $1.1 million in illegal kickbacks to award $5 million worth of hotel contracts in a separate case.
Judge Wright today ordered six months imposed in the current case to run consecutively with the earlier sentence. Chan now needs to serve four years in prison for the two cases.
In sentencing, the judge said an immediate custody was appropriate since the offences committed by the defendant constituted a serious breach of trust.
The court heard that because of his position, Chan had close connection with various engineering contractors.
The Mandarin Oriental management relied heavily upon Chan's expertise in selecting contractors for repair and maintenance work at two hotels - Mandarin Oriental and Excelsior.
Wong Choy Decoration & Painting (Wong Choy), operated by Wong Yiu-kuen, was one of the contractors which from time to time was awarded contracts for work to be carried out at Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
Chan and Wong had conspired to defraud Mandarin Oriental by falsely inflating a quotation by $100,000 to $375,000 from Wong Choy for installation of equipment at the hotel roof to facilitate the filming of the handover celebration in 1997.
The pair had also inflated an invoice from Wong Choy for a painting job by $10,000.
The court was also told that Chan had offered $11,400 to Chu Wai-shing, chief engineer of Mandarin Oriental, for awarding contracts of electrical, mechanical and renovation works by Mandarin Oriental to various contractors.
The offences took place between February 1, 1996 and May 31, 1997.
Wong, 43, was also charged by the ICAC with three conspiracy offences. He pleaded guilty to one of the charges yesterday, while the remaining two offences were ordered by the court to be left on file.
The judge adjourned sentencing until October 11 this year, pending background and community service order reports. Wong was remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
The prosecution was today represented by Peter Callaghan on a fiat, assisted by ICAC officer Dickson Liang.