Ex-dealer in court for bribery over sale of sports car
2017-4-21
A former car dealer appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (April 21) after being charged by the ICAC with bribing a then chauffeur of an interior design company with $10,000 over the sale of a sports car at an asking price of $1.3 million.
Tai Ming-chung, 35, a former customer services advisor of Glorious Premier Club Limited (GPC), who was charged on Wednesday (April 19), faced a charge of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO).
No plea was taken today. Principal Magistrate Mr Ernest Lin Kam-hung adjourned the case to April 28 this year for plea.
At the material time, the defendant was employed by GPC as a customer services advisor. Among his duties was to purchase vehicles for Glorious Motors Limited (GML), an associated company of GPC.
In early June 2014, the director cum sole shareholder of Legend Interiors Limited (Legend) assigned its then chauffeur Franco Seto Kin-kwan to follow up on the sale of a sports car at an asking price of $1.3 million.
The charge alleged that on or about June 23, 2014, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered $10,000 to Seto as a reward for making arrangement for the sale of the sports car to GML.
The defendant was granted cash bail of $20,000. He was also ordered not to leave Hong Kong, reside at the reported addresses, and not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Chris Chan.
Meanwhile, Seto, 53, former chauffeur of Legend, was also charged by the ICAC for his role in the scam in a separate case.
Appearing at the Kwun Tong Magistracy, the defendant earlier pleaded guilty to two charges – one of agent soliciting an advantage and one of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the POBO.
The case was adjourned to July 18 this year for sentence. The defendant was granted cash bail of $5,000.
Tai Ming-chung, 35, a former customer services advisor of Glorious Premier Club Limited (GPC), who was charged on Wednesday (April 19), faced a charge of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO).
No plea was taken today. Principal Magistrate Mr Ernest Lin Kam-hung adjourned the case to April 28 this year for plea.
At the material time, the defendant was employed by GPC as a customer services advisor. Among his duties was to purchase vehicles for Glorious Motors Limited (GML), an associated company of GPC.
In early June 2014, the director cum sole shareholder of Legend Interiors Limited (Legend) assigned its then chauffeur Franco Seto Kin-kwan to follow up on the sale of a sports car at an asking price of $1.3 million.
The charge alleged that on or about June 23, 2014, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered $10,000 to Seto as a reward for making arrangement for the sale of the sports car to GML.
The defendant was granted cash bail of $20,000. He was also ordered not to leave Hong Kong, reside at the reported addresses, and not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Chris Chan.
Meanwhile, Seto, 53, former chauffeur of Legend, was also charged by the ICAC for his role in the scam in a separate case.
Appearing at the Kwun Tong Magistracy, the defendant earlier pleaded guilty to two charges – one of agent soliciting an advantage and one of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the POBO.
The case was adjourned to July 18 this year for sentence. The defendant was granted cash bail of $5,000.