Ex-engineering firm proprietor charged with $45m bribery over tender rigging exercises
2015-7-2
A former proprietor of an engineering company has been charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to offer about $45 million in bribes to secure consultancy and renovation contracts of two residential estates in Shatin and a residential building in Tokwawan through tender rigging exercises.
Yau Shui-tin, 57, who was charged on Tuesday (June 30), faces five counts of conspiracy to offer an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendant will appear at the Kowloon City Magistracy tomorrow (July 3) for transfer to the District Court for plea.
At the material time, the defendant had engaged in building renovation works for various buildings as he was a proprietor of an engineering company.
Three of the charges allege that between 2010 and February 2014, the defendant conspired together with a director of a consultancy firm, a shareholder of another consultancy firm and a renovation contractor to offer one, six and ten per cent of the total project fee of the building renovation project of Garden Vista in Shatin to a property manager and a senior executive of its property management company and the chairman of its incorporated owners (IO) respectively as rewards for providing information in relation to the project to those persons and assisting them in securing the consultancy and renovation contracts of the project.
The alleged bribes of one, six and ten per cent of the total project fee of the building renovation project of Garden Vista were said to amount to about $2.6 million, $15 million and $26 million respectively.
Another charge alleges that between 2005 and December 2007, the defendant conspired together with a director of a consultancy firm, a project manager of an engineering company and other persons to offer $600,000 in bribes to a member of the renovation sub-committee of the IO of Ravana Garden in Shatin as a reward for providing information in relation to its building renovation project to the director of the consultancy firm and assisting the director in securing the consultancy and renovation contracts of the project.
The remaining charge alleges that between 2006 and January 2007, the defendant conspired together with a project manager of a consultancy firm to offer $96,000 in bribes to a manager of the property management company of Wa Lai Building in Tokwawan as a reward for providing information in relation to its building renovation project to the project manager of the consultancy firm and assisting the project manager in securing the consultancy and renovation contracts of the project.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance tomorrow.
Yau Shui-tin, 57, who was charged on Tuesday (June 30), faces five counts of conspiracy to offer an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendant will appear at the Kowloon City Magistracy tomorrow (July 3) for transfer to the District Court for plea.
At the material time, the defendant had engaged in building renovation works for various buildings as he was a proprietor of an engineering company.
Three of the charges allege that between 2010 and February 2014, the defendant conspired together with a director of a consultancy firm, a shareholder of another consultancy firm and a renovation contractor to offer one, six and ten per cent of the total project fee of the building renovation project of Garden Vista in Shatin to a property manager and a senior executive of its property management company and the chairman of its incorporated owners (IO) respectively as rewards for providing information in relation to the project to those persons and assisting them in securing the consultancy and renovation contracts of the project.
The alleged bribes of one, six and ten per cent of the total project fee of the building renovation project of Garden Vista were said to amount to about $2.6 million, $15 million and $26 million respectively.
Another charge alleges that between 2005 and December 2007, the defendant conspired together with a director of a consultancy firm, a project manager of an engineering company and other persons to offer $600,000 in bribes to a member of the renovation sub-committee of the IO of Ravana Garden in Shatin as a reward for providing information in relation to its building renovation project to the director of the consultancy firm and assisting the director in securing the consultancy and renovation contracts of the project.
The remaining charge alleges that between 2006 and January 2007, the defendant conspired together with a project manager of a consultancy firm to offer $96,000 in bribes to a manager of the property management company of Wa Lai Building in Tokwawan as a reward for providing information in relation to its building renovation project to the project manager of the consultancy firm and assisting the project manager in securing the consultancy and renovation contracts of the project.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance tomorrow.