Ex-assistant project manager charged with $430,000 bribery over electrical and wiring works
2017-4-5
A former assistant project manager of an engineering company has been charged by the ICAC with conspiracy for him to accept illegal rebates of about $430,000 in total for recommending the subcontracting of electrical and wiring refurbishing works of a commercial complex to two electrical engineering firms respectively.
Cheung Chi-hung, 46, former assistant project manager of RNB Engineering Hong Kong Limited (RNB), who was charged on Monday (April 3), faces two charges of conspiracy for an agent to accept advantages, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendant will appear in the Eastern Magistracy tomorrow (April 6) for transfer of the case to the District Court for plea.
At the material time, the defendant was an assistant project manager of RNB, a renovation contractor which secured a renovation project for refurbishing Yau Oi Commercial Complex in Yau Oi Estate, Tuen Mun. He was the supervisor of the project.
One of the charges alleges that between May 1, 2013 and March 31, 2015, the defendant conspired together with the proprietor of an electrical engineering firm for the former to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accept approximately $350,000 cash from the proprietor as a reward for recommending the subcontracting of electrical works in the renovation project of Yau Oi Commercial Complex to that electrical engineering firm.
The other charge alleges that between October 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015, the defendant conspired together with the proprietor of another electrical engineering firm for the former to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accept approximately $80,000 cash from the proprietor as a reward for recommending the subcontracting of refurbishing works on wiring systems in the renovation project of Yau Oi Commercial Complex to that electrical engineering firm.
RNB has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance tomorrow.
Cheung Chi-hung, 46, former assistant project manager of RNB Engineering Hong Kong Limited (RNB), who was charged on Monday (April 3), faces two charges of conspiracy for an agent to accept advantages, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendant will appear in the Eastern Magistracy tomorrow (April 6) for transfer of the case to the District Court for plea.
At the material time, the defendant was an assistant project manager of RNB, a renovation contractor which secured a renovation project for refurbishing Yau Oi Commercial Complex in Yau Oi Estate, Tuen Mun. He was the supervisor of the project.
One of the charges alleges that between May 1, 2013 and March 31, 2015, the defendant conspired together with the proprietor of an electrical engineering firm for the former to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accept approximately $350,000 cash from the proprietor as a reward for recommending the subcontracting of electrical works in the renovation project of Yau Oi Commercial Complex to that electrical engineering firm.
The other charge alleges that between October 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015, the defendant conspired together with the proprietor of another electrical engineering firm for the former to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accept approximately $80,000 cash from the proprietor as a reward for recommending the subcontracting of refurbishing works on wiring systems in the renovation project of Yau Oi Commercial Complex to that electrical engineering firm.
RNB has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance tomorrow.