Duo charged with bribery over purchase of musical instruments
2016-6-21
Two musical instrument instructors have been charged by the ICAC today (Tuesday) with accepting over $12,000 in illegal rebates for referring their respective students to buy musical instruments from a supplier.
Ho Shuk-man, Betty, 57, a musical instrument instructor of Greenery Arts Limited (GA), faces two counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, while Leung Ching-pong, 35, a private musical instrument instructor, faces a similar offence.
They will appear in the Tsuen Wan Magistracy on Thursday (June 23) for plea in two separate cases.
In the first case, Ho was a teacher employed by GA to teach violin and music theory courses, and sell its musical instruments and related products. She was not allowed to promote or sell musical instruments or related products for other suppliers to students of GA.
The two charges allege that on December 20, 2013 and April 14, 2014, Ho, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted from Chairman Instruments Trading Limited (CITL), a local supplier of musical instruments, $1,432 and $5,699 respectively as rewards for arranging the parents of two then students of GA to buy two violins from CITL.
In the second case, Leung was a private cello teacher engaged by a student to teach her and her younger sister.
The charge alleges that on April 14, 2014, Leung, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted from CITL $5,120 as a reward for arranging for the student to purchase a cello from CITL.
The defendants in the above two cases have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Thursday.
Ho Shuk-man, Betty, 57, a musical instrument instructor of Greenery Arts Limited (GA), faces two counts of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, while Leung Ching-pong, 35, a private musical instrument instructor, faces a similar offence.
They will appear in the Tsuen Wan Magistracy on Thursday (June 23) for plea in two separate cases.
In the first case, Ho was a teacher employed by GA to teach violin and music theory courses, and sell its musical instruments and related products. She was not allowed to promote or sell musical instruments or related products for other suppliers to students of GA.
The two charges allege that on December 20, 2013 and April 14, 2014, Ho, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted from Chairman Instruments Trading Limited (CITL), a local supplier of musical instruments, $1,432 and $5,699 respectively as rewards for arranging the parents of two then students of GA to buy two violins from CITL.
In the second case, Leung was a private cello teacher engaged by a student to teach her and her younger sister.
The charge alleges that on April 14, 2014, Leung, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted from CITL $5,120 as a reward for arranging for the student to purchase a cello from CITL.
The defendants in the above two cases have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Thursday.