IRD deputy commissioner and husband charged with alleged tenancy allowance fraud
2000-9-25
The ICAC has charged a deputy commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) for allegedly deceiving the Hong Kong Government over application for Private Tenancy Allowance.
Her husband was also charged by the ICAC this (Monday) morning with an offence of aiding and abetting in the same matter.
Sin Law Yuk-lin, Agnes, Deputy Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Sin Kam-chuen, Senior Civil Engineer of the Civil Engineering Department, both aged 53, have been released on ICAC bail after charges were laid against them.
The couple will appear at Eastern Magistracy at 2:30 pm today.
The investigation was commenced by the Police Commercial Crime Bureau earlier this year. The ICAC became involved in the investigation in August when offences under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (PBO) were suspected.
The prosecution is the result of a joint investigation by the two agencies.
Sin Law Yuk-lin, Agnes, faces one count of offence contrary to Section 9(3) of PBO.
She is accused of, as an agent of the Hong Kong Government (the Government), using a document which contained a false, erroneous or defective statement, with intent to deceive the Government.
The alleged offence occurred on June 30, 1983 while she was a Chief Assessor of IRD.
She was alleged to have used an Application for Private Tenancy Allowance which contained a false statement claiming that the leased property at Flat A, 11th Floor, Block 7, Provident Centre, Wharf Road, Hong Kong, was not owned by herself, and/or any mem ber of her or her spouse's families.
The alleged false statement also claimed that neither she, nor any member of her or her spouse's families had a financial interest in the said property.
It was alleged that the false statement was to her knowledge intended to mislead the Government.
With the false representations, she had allegedly obtained Private Tenancy Allowance totalling $335,650 for a period of 37 months.
Sin Kam-chuen faces one count of aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring his wife to commit the above offence.
Her husband was also charged by the ICAC this (Monday) morning with an offence of aiding and abetting in the same matter.
Sin Law Yuk-lin, Agnes, Deputy Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Sin Kam-chuen, Senior Civil Engineer of the Civil Engineering Department, both aged 53, have been released on ICAC bail after charges were laid against them.
The couple will appear at Eastern Magistracy at 2:30 pm today.
The investigation was commenced by the Police Commercial Crime Bureau earlier this year. The ICAC became involved in the investigation in August when offences under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (PBO) were suspected.
The prosecution is the result of a joint investigation by the two agencies.
Sin Law Yuk-lin, Agnes, faces one count of offence contrary to Section 9(3) of PBO.
She is accused of, as an agent of the Hong Kong Government (the Government), using a document which contained a false, erroneous or defective statement, with intent to deceive the Government.
The alleged offence occurred on June 30, 1983 while she was a Chief Assessor of IRD.
She was alleged to have used an Application for Private Tenancy Allowance which contained a false statement claiming that the leased property at Flat A, 11th Floor, Block 7, Provident Centre, Wharf Road, Hong Kong, was not owned by herself, and/or any mem ber of her or her spouse's families.
The alleged false statement also claimed that neither she, nor any member of her or her spouse's families had a financial interest in the said property.
It was alleged that the false statement was to her knowledge intended to mislead the Government.
With the false representations, she had allegedly obtained Private Tenancy Allowance totalling $335,650 for a period of 37 months.
Sin Kam-chuen faces one count of aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring his wife to commit the above offence.