Six months’ jail for works contractor and employee charged by ICAC for bribery over Japanese chain stores’ renovation projects
2026-5-6
A works contractor and his employee, charged by the ICAC, were both sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (May 6) after being convicted of offering over $180,000 in bribes to an employee of a design consultancy to secure renovation projects for two Japanese chain stores valued at over $25 million in total. The design consultancy’s employee, who pleaded guilty, was earlier sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.
Li Po-wah, 35, director cum shareholder of RNK Design and Engineering Company Limited (RNK); and Pang Wai-yin, 51, then site supervisor of RNK, were found guilty of one count of conspiracy for an agent to accept an advantage after trial, contrary to section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
In sentencing, Magistrate Mr Tsang Chung-yiu took a starting point of six months’ imprisonment, and imposed immediate custodial sentences on the defendants after hearing their mitigations.
Co-defendant Pian Pang Ka-shin, 42, then marketing executive of K&C Creation Limited (KCL), had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for an agent to accept an advantage, and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.
The court heard that in 2019, KCL, a design consultancy, was awarded two renovation projects – one for the supermarket chain “Donki Japan” (Donki) store in Macao, and another for the drugstore chain “Tokyo Lifestyle” branch in Kowloon.
At the material time, Pang Ka-shin was a marketing executive at KCL, responsible for co-ordinating with contractors and arranging tender exercises. She submitted quotations and tenders for the two renovation projects to KCL or Donki for selection.
Between June 2019 and January 2022, Pang Ka-shin accepted bribes exceeding $180,000 from Li and Pang Wai-yin to assist RNK and another works contractor in securing the two renovation projects.
Pang Ka-shin was assigned by KCL to assist Donki in managing the tender exercise and submitted five tenders for Donki’s consideration. Donki eventually awarded the project to the works contractor concerned and settled project fees totalling over $23.4 million upon completion of the works. Pang Ka-shin had earlier admitted that she provided advice to the works contractor regarding the tender interview.
Regarding the renovation project for “Tokyo Lifestyle”, KCL received two quotations. Based on Pang Ka-shin’s recommendation, the contract was awarded to RNK. Upon completion of the works, KCL paid project fee of $1.7 million to RNK.
KCL and Donki rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by prosecuting counsel Marco Li, assisted by ICAC officer Alex Lau.
Li Po-wah, 35, director cum shareholder of RNK Design and Engineering Company Limited (RNK); and Pang Wai-yin, 51, then site supervisor of RNK, were found guilty of one count of conspiracy for an agent to accept an advantage after trial, contrary to section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
In sentencing, Magistrate Mr Tsang Chung-yiu took a starting point of six months’ imprisonment, and imposed immediate custodial sentences on the defendants after hearing their mitigations.
Co-defendant Pian Pang Ka-shin, 42, then marketing executive of K&C Creation Limited (KCL), had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for an agent to accept an advantage, and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.
The court heard that in 2019, KCL, a design consultancy, was awarded two renovation projects – one for the supermarket chain “Donki Japan” (Donki) store in Macao, and another for the drugstore chain “Tokyo Lifestyle” branch in Kowloon.
At the material time, Pang Ka-shin was a marketing executive at KCL, responsible for co-ordinating with contractors and arranging tender exercises. She submitted quotations and tenders for the two renovation projects to KCL or Donki for selection.
Between June 2019 and January 2022, Pang Ka-shin accepted bribes exceeding $180,000 from Li and Pang Wai-yin to assist RNK and another works contractor in securing the two renovation projects.
Pang Ka-shin was assigned by KCL to assist Donki in managing the tender exercise and submitted five tenders for Donki’s consideration. Donki eventually awarded the project to the works contractor concerned and settled project fees totalling over $23.4 million upon completion of the works. Pang Ka-shin had earlier admitted that she provided advice to the works contractor regarding the tender interview.
Regarding the renovation project for “Tokyo Lifestyle”, KCL received two quotations. Based on Pang Ka-shin’s recommendation, the contract was awarded to RNK. Upon completion of the works, KCL paid project fee of $1.7 million to RNK.
KCL and Donki rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by prosecuting counsel Marco Li, assisted by ICAC officer Alex Lau.