Taiwanese merchant charged for allegedly deceiving $200,000 by pretext of graft
2006-8-18
A Taiwanese merchant was today (Friday) charged and brought to Kowloon City Magistracy by the ICAC for allegedly deceiving a total of $200,000 from a Mainlander on the pretext of using the monies to bribe law enforcement officers for releasing him from le gal custody.
Hsu Jung-kuang, 52, who was arrested at the Lo Wu control point on Wednesday, faced five counts of procuring the making of an entry in a record of a bank by deception.
No plea was taken. Magistrate Mr Tong Man adjourned the case until September 15, 2006 for transfer to District Court, and remanded the defendant in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the alleged deception offences.
The charges alleged that between April 22 and May 19, 2006, Hsu, with a view to gaining for himself, had procured the making of five entries in a total sum of $200,000 in the record of a bank by deception.
Hsu was alleged to have falsely represented to a Mainlander that he had been arrested and detained at the Hong Kong International Airport and in need of the monies for giving to some law enforcement officers in return for their assistance in releasing him from legal custody.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Kate Cheuk.
Hsu Jung-kuang, 52, who was arrested at the Lo Wu control point on Wednesday, faced five counts of procuring the making of an entry in a record of a bank by deception.
No plea was taken. Magistrate Mr Tong Man adjourned the case until September 15, 2006 for transfer to District Court, and remanded the defendant in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the alleged deception offences.
The charges alleged that between April 22 and May 19, 2006, Hsu, with a view to gaining for himself, had procured the making of five entries in a total sum of $200,000 in the record of a bank by deception.
Hsu was alleged to have falsely represented to a Mainlander that he had been arrested and detained at the Hong Kong International Airport and in need of the monies for giving to some law enforcement officers in return for their assistance in releasing him from legal custody.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Kate Cheuk.