Duo charged with bribery and criminal intimidation over computer sale at university
2016-7-8
A marketing manager of an events organiser and a middleman have been charged by the ICAC today (Friday) with conspiracy to offer a bribe of $100,000 and a quantity of computer products to a then president of the Students’ Union of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and commit criminal intimidation in relation to the sale of computers at PolyU.
Chak Hok-ming, 32, a marketing manager of an events organiser, and Wong Ka-ming, 26, a then representative of a computer distributor, face two joint charges 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.
Chak and Wong also face a joint charge of conspiracy to commit criminal intimidation, contrary to Section 24(b)(ii) and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendants will appear in the Kowloon City Magistracy next Tuesday (July 12) for plea.
Each year, PolyU and its Students’ Union will jointly organise a Notebook Ownership Programme (the Programme). Under the Programme, selected brands of computer products will be offered to students, staff members and alumni of PolyU to purchase at discount prices through the respective computer brand distributor.
One of the charges alleges that between March 27 and April 1, 2015, Chak and Wong conspired together to offer a sum of $100,000 to a then president of the Students’ Union of PolyU as a reward for recommending to PolyU that computers of two brands, which had engaged the computer distributor to provide sale services on PolyU campus, should be included in its 2015 Programme.
Another charge alleges that on April 1, 2015, Chak and Wong conspired together to offer an unspecified quantity of computer products to the then president of the Students’ Union of PolyU as a reward for writing to a computer company inviting it to participate in the 2015 Programme and appoint a technology company as the distributor in the Programme.
The remaining charge alleges that on April 10, 2015, Chak and Wong conspired together to threaten the then president of the Students’ Union of PolyU with intent to cause him to recommend the two computer brands to participate in the 2015 Programme.
PolyU has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
Chak and Wong have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance next Tuesday.
Chak Hok-ming, 32, a marketing manager of an events organiser, and Wong Ka-ming, 26, a then representative of a computer distributor, face two joint charges 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.
Chak and Wong also face a joint charge of conspiracy to commit criminal intimidation, contrary to Section 24(b)(ii) and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendants will appear in the Kowloon City Magistracy next Tuesday (July 12) for plea.
Each year, PolyU and its Students’ Union will jointly organise a Notebook Ownership Programme (the Programme). Under the Programme, selected brands of computer products will be offered to students, staff members and alumni of PolyU to purchase at discount prices through the respective computer brand distributor.
One of the charges alleges that between March 27 and April 1, 2015, Chak and Wong conspired together to offer a sum of $100,000 to a then president of the Students’ Union of PolyU as a reward for recommending to PolyU that computers of two brands, which had engaged the computer distributor to provide sale services on PolyU campus, should be included in its 2015 Programme.
Another charge alleges that on April 1, 2015, Chak and Wong conspired together to offer an unspecified quantity of computer products to the then president of the Students’ Union of PolyU as a reward for writing to a computer company inviting it to participate in the 2015 Programme and appoint a technology company as the distributor in the Programme.
The remaining charge alleges that on April 10, 2015, Chak and Wong conspired together to threaten the then president of the Students’ Union of PolyU with intent to cause him to recommend the two computer brands to participate in the 2015 Programme.
PolyU has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
Chak and Wong have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance next Tuesday.