Ex-policeman guilty of accepting advantages from nightclub operator
2007-10-16
A former Detective Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) convicted at Kowloon City Magistracy of accepting about $9,000 from a nightclub operator.
Leung Kin-fai, 48, was found guilty of four counts of prescribed officer accepting an advantage without the general or special permission of the Chief Executive, contrary to Section 3 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
Magistrate Mr Peter Law adjourned the case to October 31 for sentence, pending background and probation reports. The defendant was granted cash bail of $3,000.
The court heard that at the time of the offences, the defendant was a Detective Senior Police Constable attached to the Marine Port District.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent enquiries revealed that the defendant was closely associated with an operator of three entertainment establishments in Mongkok.
The court heard that on four separate occasions between October and December 2005, the operator had made cash deposits totalling $8,780 into a betting account of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, held in the name of the defendant.
The defendant had not obtained general or special permission to solicit or accept any advantages from the operator concerned, the court was told.
The prosecution was today represented by prosecuting counsel Newman Wong, assisted by ICAC officer Ronald Chan.
Leung Kin-fai, 48, was found guilty of four counts of prescribed officer accepting an advantage without the general or special permission of the Chief Executive, contrary to Section 3 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
Magistrate Mr Peter Law adjourned the case to October 31 for sentence, pending background and probation reports. The defendant was granted cash bail of $3,000.
The court heard that at the time of the offences, the defendant was a Detective Senior Police Constable attached to the Marine Port District.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent enquiries revealed that the defendant was closely associated with an operator of three entertainment establishments in Mongkok.
The court heard that on four separate occasions between October and December 2005, the operator had made cash deposits totalling $8,780 into a betting account of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, held in the name of the defendant.
The defendant had not obtained general or special permission to solicit or accept any advantages from the operator concerned, the court was told.
The prosecution was today represented by prosecuting counsel Newman Wong, assisted by ICAC officer Ronald Chan.