Security guards in court for allegedly bribing IO chairman
2014-1-3
Two security guards posted to work at a residential building appeared at the Eastern Magistracy today (Friday) after being charged by the ICAC with offering a bribe of $4,000 to a then chairman of the incorporated owners (IO) of the residential building i n relation to the approval of a one-off hardship allowance.
Lam Chor-min, 59, security supervisor of Goldwell Property Management Limited (GPML), and Cheung Kam-chung, 61, senior security guard of GPML, jointly faced one count of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of B ribery Ordinance.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge. Magistrate Mr Symon Wong Yu-wing adjourned the case to February 10 this year for trial.
At the material time, Lam and Cheung were employed by GPML as security supervisor and senior security guard respectively. They were posted to work at Wang Fai Mansion (WFM), a residential building in North Point.
The charge alleged that on April 20 last year, the defendants offered $4,000 to be paid to the then IO chairman of WFM, after each receiving a one-off allowance from the IO of WFM, as a reward for the IO chairman to persuade other IO members to approve th e one-off allowance for them.
The defendants were granted cash bail of $1,000 each, and ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Edwin Tsang.
Lam Chor-min, 59, security supervisor of Goldwell Property Management Limited (GPML), and Cheung Kam-chung, 61, senior security guard of GPML, jointly faced one count of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of B ribery Ordinance.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge. Magistrate Mr Symon Wong Yu-wing adjourned the case to February 10 this year for trial.
At the material time, Lam and Cheung were employed by GPML as security supervisor and senior security guard respectively. They were posted to work at Wang Fai Mansion (WFM), a residential building in North Point.
The charge alleged that on April 20 last year, the defendants offered $4,000 to be paid to the then IO chairman of WFM, after each receiving a one-off allowance from the IO of WFM, as a reward for the IO chairman to persuade other IO members to approve th e one-off allowance for them.
The defendants were granted cash bail of $1,000 each, and ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Edwin Tsang.