Man guilty of offering bribes to obtain deceased friend’s medical report
2008-3-11
A man, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) convicted at Kowloon City Magistracy of offering bribes to a hospital staff in return for a medical report of a deceased friend.
Tsui Chung-man, 65, was found guilty of two counts of offering an advantage to a public servant, contrary to Section 4(1)(c) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
Magistrate Mr Rickie Chan Kam-cheong adjourned the case until March 25 for sentence, pending a background report. The defendant was remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
The court heard that on April 25, 2007, the defendant approached a hospital administrator of Kowloon Hospital to apply for a medical report of a woman whom he claimed was his deceased girlfriend.
The defendant claimed that the deceased had left behind a will and he needed the medical report to prove that she had signed the will with a clear state of mind.
Apart from the required documents, the defendant gave the administrator a plastic bag containing eight souvenir pins.
The administrator refused to accept the pins, but the defendant urged him to take them and left the plastic bag on the table.
The court also heard that on May 7, 2007, the defendant, while furnishing more documents in respect of his application, brought along with him three ornaments of regional emblem of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and an envelope containing ten $1,000 banknotes.
After presenting one of the ornaments to the administrator, the defendant asked the administrator to “give him a hand” in relation to his application.
The administrator again refused the souvenir, but the defendant insisted and put the three ornaments into a bag which he left on the table. Unknown to the administrator, the defendant also put the envelope containing the cash into the bag.
After his application had been rejected by the Hospital Authority, the defendant called the administrator and asked for the return of his money.
A telephone conversation between the defendant and the administrator revealed that the defendant intended to induce the administrator to assist in his application with the money.
During the conversation, the defendant also told the administrator that he was willing to pay more if the latter was willing to help him, the court was told.
The prosecution was today represented by Senior Government Counsel Michael Wong, assisted by ICAC officer Wong Wai-kit.
Tsui Chung-man, 65, was found guilty of two counts of offering an advantage to a public servant, contrary to Section 4(1)(c) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
Magistrate Mr Rickie Chan Kam-cheong adjourned the case until March 25 for sentence, pending a background report. The defendant was remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
The court heard that on April 25, 2007, the defendant approached a hospital administrator of Kowloon Hospital to apply for a medical report of a woman whom he claimed was his deceased girlfriend.
The defendant claimed that the deceased had left behind a will and he needed the medical report to prove that she had signed the will with a clear state of mind.
Apart from the required documents, the defendant gave the administrator a plastic bag containing eight souvenir pins.
The administrator refused to accept the pins, but the defendant urged him to take them and left the plastic bag on the table.
The court also heard that on May 7, 2007, the defendant, while furnishing more documents in respect of his application, brought along with him three ornaments of regional emblem of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and an envelope containing ten $1,000 banknotes.
After presenting one of the ornaments to the administrator, the defendant asked the administrator to “give him a hand” in relation to his application.
The administrator again refused the souvenir, but the defendant insisted and put the three ornaments into a bag which he left on the table. Unknown to the administrator, the defendant also put the envelope containing the cash into the bag.
After his application had been rejected by the Hospital Authority, the defendant called the administrator and asked for the return of his money.
A telephone conversation between the defendant and the administrator revealed that the defendant intended to induce the administrator to assist in his application with the money.
During the conversation, the defendant also told the administrator that he was willing to pay more if the latter was willing to help him, the court was told.
The prosecution was today represented by Senior Government Counsel Michael Wong, assisted by ICAC officer Wong Wai-kit.