Four former bank staff charged for alleged bribery over banknotes with special numbers
2006-9-8
A former employee of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOC Hong Kong), who was responsible for distributing new banknotes from the bank's vault to various branches, was today (Friday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly bribing his colleagues for retri eving and retaining new banknotes bearing special serial numbers.
Lee Muk-yiu, 46, a former clerk of BOC Hong Kong, faces two counts of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (PBO).
Also charged in the same case were Kan Hin-kuen, 34, a former cashier of BOC Hong Kong; and Tsui Tsz-tuen, 45, a serving clerk of BOC Hong Kong, each facing one count of agent accepting an advantage under Section 9(1)(a) of PBO.
Charged in a separate case was Chan Kwai-chun, 56, a former senior clerk of BOC Hong Kong, who faces three counts of agent accepting an advantage and two counts of theft.
The four defendants, currently on ICAC bail, will appear in Eastern Magistracy at 9:30 am next Tuesday (September 12).
The ICAC commenced investigation into the bribery scam upon receiving information from BOC Hong Kong, whose management has rendered full assistance to the inquiry.
In the first case, Lee is alleged to have offered sums of cash to Kan as rewards for the latter to retrieve and retain banknotes bearing special serial numbers sent from the vault of BOC Hong Kong to the branch of Kan, and hand the special banknotes to Le e.
Lee is also alleged to have offered sums of cash to Tsui as rewards for arranging special banknotes to be packed in a certain manner to maximize the chances that those banknotes would be delivered to the branch where Kan was working and to enable Lee to o btain them from Kan.
Kan and Tsui each faces one count of accepting advantages from Lee for the same purpose.
In the second case, Chan is alleged to have accepted bribe payments respectively at $3,000, $1,000 and several hundred dollars on separate occasions from Lee, as rewards for conniving at Lee's bringing banknotes into the vault of BOC Hong Kong to swap wit h banknotes bearing special serial numbers.
Chan is also alleged to have stolen a total of five banknotes issued by BOC Hong Kong, including two $100 banknotes bearing special serial numbers.
The alleged offences in both cases took place between January and October 2005.
Lee Muk-yiu, 46, a former clerk of BOC Hong Kong, faces two counts of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (PBO).
Also charged in the same case were Kan Hin-kuen, 34, a former cashier of BOC Hong Kong; and Tsui Tsz-tuen, 45, a serving clerk of BOC Hong Kong, each facing one count of agent accepting an advantage under Section 9(1)(a) of PBO.
Charged in a separate case was Chan Kwai-chun, 56, a former senior clerk of BOC Hong Kong, who faces three counts of agent accepting an advantage and two counts of theft.
The four defendants, currently on ICAC bail, will appear in Eastern Magistracy at 9:30 am next Tuesday (September 12).
The ICAC commenced investigation into the bribery scam upon receiving information from BOC Hong Kong, whose management has rendered full assistance to the inquiry.
In the first case, Lee is alleged to have offered sums of cash to Kan as rewards for the latter to retrieve and retain banknotes bearing special serial numbers sent from the vault of BOC Hong Kong to the branch of Kan, and hand the special banknotes to Le e.
Lee is also alleged to have offered sums of cash to Tsui as rewards for arranging special banknotes to be packed in a certain manner to maximize the chances that those banknotes would be delivered to the branch where Kan was working and to enable Lee to o btain them from Kan.
Kan and Tsui each faces one count of accepting advantages from Lee for the same purpose.
In the second case, Chan is alleged to have accepted bribe payments respectively at $3,000, $1,000 and several hundred dollars on separate occasions from Lee, as rewards for conniving at Lee's bringing banknotes into the vault of BOC Hong Kong to swap wit h banknotes bearing special serial numbers.
Chan is also alleged to have stolen a total of five banknotes issued by BOC Hong Kong, including two $100 banknotes bearing special serial numbers.
The alleged offences in both cases took place between January and October 2005.