Ex-deputy chairman of listed company charged with perversion
2013-8-20
A former deputy chairman of a listed company has been charged by the ICAC today (Tuesday) for allegedly perverting the course of public justice by seeking to influence the Chief Executive (CE) and the ICAC Commissioner to terminate an ICAC investigation.
Lew Mon-hung, 64, former deputy chairman and executive director of Pearl Oriental Oil Limited, faces one count of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice, contrary to Common Law.
The defendant will appear in the Eastern Magistracy at 9:30 am tomorrow (Wednesday).
The charge alleges that between January 9 and 10, 2013, the defendant did a series of acts with intent to pervert the course of public justice.
The defendant was alleged to have sought to terminate an investigation being carried out by the ICAC against him and/or others by asserting his past dealings and association with CE Leung Chun-ying, by threat or by intimidation to influence Leung and/or I CAC Commissioner Peh Yun-lu through two e-mails addressed to Leung and Peh respectively, and a letter addressed to Leung and copied to Peh.
Lew Mon-hung, 64, former deputy chairman and executive director of Pearl Oriental Oil Limited, faces one count of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice, contrary to Common Law.
The defendant will appear in the Eastern Magistracy at 9:30 am tomorrow (Wednesday).
The charge alleges that between January 9 and 10, 2013, the defendant did a series of acts with intent to pervert the course of public justice.
The defendant was alleged to have sought to terminate an investigation being carried out by the ICAC against him and/or others by asserting his past dealings and association with CE Leung Chun-ying, by threat or by intimidation to influence Leung and/or I CAC Commissioner Peh Yun-lu through two e-mails addressed to Leung and Peh respectively, and a letter addressed to Leung and copied to Peh.