Duo in court for alleged bribes-for-employment
2014-1-20
Two former employees of a subcontractor of the Kai Tak Development Project (KTDP) appeared at the Kowloon City Magistracy today (Monday) after being charged by the ICAC with accepting about $50,000 in bribes in relation to the employment of 11 welders for the project.
Wong Leung-tung, 56, former foreman of Yee Hop Engineering Company Limited (Yee Hop), faced 10 counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, while Yu Hung-bun, 60, former welder of Yee Hop, fac ed a similar charge.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges today. Principal Magistrate Mr Peter Law Tak-chuen adjourned the case to March 4 this year for a pre-trial review.
At the material time, Yee Hop was a subcontractor of the excavation work of the KTDP.
While employed by Yee Hop, Wong was tasked to recruit welders for the project and assign work to them. Yu, who was recruited by Wong as a welder, was promoted to team leader in November 2011 to supervise welders working for the project.
Ten of the charges alleged that between October 22, 2011 and January 9, 2012, Wong accepted a total of over $47,600 in bribes from 10 welders as rewards for employing and/or continuing to employ them to work for Yee Hop.
The remaining charge alleged that on January 7, 2012, Yu accepted a bribe of $1,600 from another welder for the same purpose.
Wong and Yu were granted cash bail of $5,000 and $1,000 respectively. They were also ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses and not to leave Hong Kong.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Krystie Cheng.
Wong Leung-tung, 56, former foreman of Yee Hop Engineering Company Limited (Yee Hop), faced 10 counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, while Yu Hung-bun, 60, former welder of Yee Hop, fac ed a similar charge.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges today. Principal Magistrate Mr Peter Law Tak-chuen adjourned the case to March 4 this year for a pre-trial review.
At the material time, Yee Hop was a subcontractor of the excavation work of the KTDP.
While employed by Yee Hop, Wong was tasked to recruit welders for the project and assign work to them. Yu, who was recruited by Wong as a welder, was promoted to team leader in November 2011 to supervise welders working for the project.
Ten of the charges alleged that between October 22, 2011 and January 9, 2012, Wong accepted a total of over $47,600 in bribes from 10 welders as rewards for employing and/or continuing to employ them to work for Yee Hop.
The remaining charge alleged that on January 7, 2012, Yu accepted a bribe of $1,600 from another welder for the same purpose.
Wong and Yu were granted cash bail of $5,000 and $1,000 respectively. They were also ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses and not to leave Hong Kong.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Krystie Cheng.