Chairman of Tai Po District Council and brother charged for alleged $1.18 million fraud
2006-6-8
The ICAC has today (Thursday) charged the Chairman of the Tai Po District Council and his brother for their alleged roles in a $1.18 million fraud in relation to the lease of a piece of government land for operating garage business.
Cheng Chun-ping, 59, Chairman of the Tai Po District Council, and his brother, Cheng Chun-hung, 65, retired, will appear in Fanling Magistracy at 9:30 am on Monday (June 12) on two counts of fraud.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the alleged fraud offences.
One of the charges alleges Cheng Chun-ping and Cheng Chun-hung of making a false representation between July 2000 and December 2002, claiming that Cheng Chun-ping had the right to lease a piece of land in Tai Po to a garage operator, and with intent to de fraud, inducing the operator to pay him a total of $765,000, purportedly as rentals for the said period.
Cheng Chun-ping and Cheng Chun-hung are also alleged of making another false representation between January 2003 and April 2005, claiming that they had the right to lease the above piece of land to another garage operator, and with intent to defraud, indu cing the operator to pay them a total of $420,000, purportedly as rentals for the said period.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearances on Monday.
Cheng Chun-ping, 59, Chairman of the Tai Po District Council, and his brother, Cheng Chun-hung, 65, retired, will appear in Fanling Magistracy at 9:30 am on Monday (June 12) on two counts of fraud.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the alleged fraud offences.
One of the charges alleges Cheng Chun-ping and Cheng Chun-hung of making a false representation between July 2000 and December 2002, claiming that Cheng Chun-ping had the right to lease a piece of land in Tai Po to a garage operator, and with intent to de fraud, inducing the operator to pay him a total of $765,000, purportedly as rentals for the said period.
Cheng Chun-ping and Cheng Chun-hung are also alleged of making another false representation between January 2003 and April 2005, claiming that they had the right to lease the above piece of land to another garage operator, and with intent to defraud, indu cing the operator to pay them a total of $420,000, purportedly as rentals for the said period.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearances on Monday.