Company director charged with perversion for allegedly inducing subcontractor not to file report with ICAC
2025-9-16
A director of an interior design company was charged by the ICAC yesterday (September 15) with perversion for allegedly conspiring with another person to induce a subcontractor not to file a report with the ICAC.
Cheung Chi-on, 29, director of Dimension Interior Design Company Limited (Dimension Interior Design), faces one count of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice, contrary to the Common Law and section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance. He was released on ICAC bail, pending his appearance at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (September 17) for plea.
The charge alleges that on December 19, 2022, the defendant had conspired with a man to pervert the course of public justice by persuading and inducing a subcontractor not to file a report with the ICAC.
At the material time, Dimension Interior Design was an interior design company of which the defendant was one of the two directors. He was responsible for arranging payments to subcontractors.
In December 2022, the other director of Dimension Interior Design learned that a payment of about $140,000 had not been made to subcontractors for the renovation works in relation to six residential properties. The director and the subcontractors demanded an explanation from the defendant, or they would report the matter to the ICAC. The defendant offered no explanation but planned to overstate the renovation costs by falsifying receipts.
Upon learning that the director of Dimension Interior Design and a subcontractor decided to report the matter to the ICAC, the defendant, through a man, allegedly persuaded the subcontractor not to do so and told the subcontractor that $15,000 would be offered to him. The subcontractor rejected the offer immediately.
Members of the public should report any suspected corruption to the ICAC immediately. ICAC 24-hour Report Corruption Hotline: 25 266 366. An ICAC spokesperson noted that perverting the course of public justice is a serious offence. On conviction, an offender is liable to an imprisonment and a fine, both without an upper limit.
Cheung Chi-on, 29, director of Dimension Interior Design Company Limited (Dimension Interior Design), faces one count of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice, contrary to the Common Law and section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance. He was released on ICAC bail, pending his appearance at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (September 17) for plea.
The charge alleges that on December 19, 2022, the defendant had conspired with a man to pervert the course of public justice by persuading and inducing a subcontractor not to file a report with the ICAC.
At the material time, Dimension Interior Design was an interior design company of which the defendant was one of the two directors. He was responsible for arranging payments to subcontractors.
In December 2022, the other director of Dimension Interior Design learned that a payment of about $140,000 had not been made to subcontractors for the renovation works in relation to six residential properties. The director and the subcontractors demanded an explanation from the defendant, or they would report the matter to the ICAC. The defendant offered no explanation but planned to overstate the renovation costs by falsifying receipts.
Upon learning that the director of Dimension Interior Design and a subcontractor decided to report the matter to the ICAC, the defendant, through a man, allegedly persuaded the subcontractor not to do so and told the subcontractor that $15,000 would be offered to him. The subcontractor rejected the offer immediately.
Members of the public should report any suspected corruption to the ICAC immediately. ICAC 24-hour Report Corruption Hotline: 25 266 366. An ICAC spokesperson noted that perverting the course of public justice is a serious offence. On conviction, an offender is liable to an imprisonment and a fine, both without an upper limit.