Fish stall proprietor penalised for misleading ICAC officer
2000-12-8
A seafood supplier of the Regal Kai Tak Hotel (Regal) was yesterday (Thursday) sentenced to three months' imprisonment, suspended for one year, for inciting a former employee to give a false statement to the ICAC during a corruption inquiry.
San Po Kong Court Magistrate Mr Ronald Cheung also fined the defendant $3,000.
Chan Hung-bill, 42, proprietor of Pui Kee Fish Stall (Pui Kee), was yesterday found guilty on one count of inciting another to mislead an ICAC officer on October 13, 1999.
He was said to have incited Chan Yuk to give a false statement to the Commission, by claiming that Keung Wai-man (nicknamed "Big Eye Boy"), had not taken part in writing out individual order tags of Pui Kee, one of the seafood suppliers of Regal.
The case arose from a corruption complaint, alleging that the defendant might have offered advantages to an employee of Regal for the latter to turn a blind eye to Pui Kee's supply of underweight fish.
Regal rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its corruption inquiry.
The defendant and the hotel employee alleged in the corruption allegation were arrested by the ICAC on September 21, 1999, and were later released on bail.
Since then, the defendant had, on several occasions, telephoned Chan Yuk, a former employee of Pui Kee, and asked her to give a false statement to the ICAC if approached.
Chan, while working at Pui Kee, was responsible for order taking and preparing order sheets, from which another employee Keung Wai-man would mark the orders on individual wooden chips for other staff to weigh, pack and deliver to Regal.
Chan met the defendant on October 13, 1999 under the monitoring of ICAC officers.
During the meeting, the defendant told Chan in the event that she was interviewed by ICAC officers, she was to tell them that she was responsible for marking customers' orders on the wooden chips, knowing that this was in fact Keung's job.
The defendant also told Chan that this was to avoid the ICAC taking a statement from Keung.
An ICAC spokesman warned that misleading ICAC officer would invite a maximum penalty of one year's jail and $20,000 fine under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance.
The prosecution was today represented by Senior Court Prosecutor Angus Lee, assisted by ICAC officer Terrence Cheung.
San Po Kong Court Magistrate Mr Ronald Cheung also fined the defendant $3,000.
Chan Hung-bill, 42, proprietor of Pui Kee Fish Stall (Pui Kee), was yesterday found guilty on one count of inciting another to mislead an ICAC officer on October 13, 1999.
He was said to have incited Chan Yuk to give a false statement to the Commission, by claiming that Keung Wai-man (nicknamed "Big Eye Boy"), had not taken part in writing out individual order tags of Pui Kee, one of the seafood suppliers of Regal.
The case arose from a corruption complaint, alleging that the defendant might have offered advantages to an employee of Regal for the latter to turn a blind eye to Pui Kee's supply of underweight fish.
Regal rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its corruption inquiry.
The defendant and the hotel employee alleged in the corruption allegation were arrested by the ICAC on September 21, 1999, and were later released on bail.
Since then, the defendant had, on several occasions, telephoned Chan Yuk, a former employee of Pui Kee, and asked her to give a false statement to the ICAC if approached.
Chan, while working at Pui Kee, was responsible for order taking and preparing order sheets, from which another employee Keung Wai-man would mark the orders on individual wooden chips for other staff to weigh, pack and deliver to Regal.
Chan met the defendant on October 13, 1999 under the monitoring of ICAC officers.
During the meeting, the defendant told Chan in the event that she was interviewed by ICAC officers, she was to tell them that she was responsible for marking customers' orders on the wooden chips, knowing that this was in fact Keung's job.
The defendant also told Chan that this was to avoid the ICAC taking a statement from Keung.
An ICAC spokesman warned that misleading ICAC officer would invite a maximum penalty of one year's jail and $20,000 fine under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance.
The prosecution was today represented by Senior Court Prosecutor Angus Lee, assisted by ICAC officer Terrence Cheung.