Assistant engineer gets six months for bribery through exploitation scheme
2001-10-23
An assistant engineer was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Eastern Court today (Tuesday) for having deducted up to 40% of a casual worker's wages as rewards for employing the latter to carry out electrical works at various construction projects.
Tang Hin-ming, 38, employed by Union Fair Engineering Ltd. (Union Fair), a construction subcontractor, earlier pleaded guilty to seven corruption charges under Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The charges accused Tang of having received bribes totalling $42,228 from Leung Ka-chung between October 4, 1999 and June 2, 2000, as rewards for recruiting Leung to work as a casual electrician in construction projects undertaken by Union Fair.
Magistrate Mr W.C. Li said exploitation, as the case was, was bribery in its serious sense of the word, and warranted an immediate custodial sentence.
The court heard that Leung was recruited by the defendant to work at a number of construction sites in Fanling and Ma Hang.
The defendant had, on seven occasions, solicited and received bribes from Leung as rewards for awarding him the employment.
The court also heard that Tang had deducted $100 to $150 from Leung's daily wage of $600 as bribe payments. During the period, the defendant had obtained bribes totalling $42,228 through this exploitation scheme.
ICAC officer Heath Cheung today represented the prosecution.
Tang Hin-ming, 38, employed by Union Fair Engineering Ltd. (Union Fair), a construction subcontractor, earlier pleaded guilty to seven corruption charges under Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The charges accused Tang of having received bribes totalling $42,228 from Leung Ka-chung between October 4, 1999 and June 2, 2000, as rewards for recruiting Leung to work as a casual electrician in construction projects undertaken by Union Fair.
Magistrate Mr W.C. Li said exploitation, as the case was, was bribery in its serious sense of the word, and warranted an immediate custodial sentence.
The court heard that Leung was recruited by the defendant to work at a number of construction sites in Fanling and Ma Hang.
The defendant had, on seven occasions, solicited and received bribes from Leung as rewards for awarding him the employment.
The court also heard that Tang had deducted $100 to $150 from Leung's daily wage of $600 as bribe payments. During the period, the defendant had obtained bribes totalling $42,228 through this exploitation scheme.
ICAC officer Heath Cheung today represented the prosecution.