Former and serving foremen of cleaning company charged with bribery and fraud
2018-10-11
A former and a serving foremen of a cleaning company have been charged by the ICAC today (October 11) with accepting a bribe from a cleaning worker for securing her position at a shopping mall and defrauding the worker of her partial salary respectively in two separate cases.
In the first case, Zhang Aihe, 36, former cleaning foreman of Nixon Cleaning Company Limited (NCL), faces a charge of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
At the material time, Zhang was a cleaning foreman of NCL, which was the cleaning service contractor of a shopping mall in Homantin.
The charge alleges that on October 16, 2017, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted a bribe of $1,400 from a woman as a reward for securing her position as a cleaning worker at the shopping mall.
In another case, Tsang Kei-tak, 54, cleaning foreman of NCL, faces a charge of fraud, contrary to Section 16A of the Theft Ordinance.
The charge alleges that between July 28 and September 7, 2017, the defendant falsely represented to the woman, who was employed as a cleaning worker of NCL with a monthly salary of $9,300, that she had to reimburse part of the salary to be paid to her because she was unable to operate a floor waxing machine, and with intent to defraud, induced the woman to pay to him a sum of $2,390, which resulted in benefit to him or prejudice to her.
The defendants in the above two cases will appear at the Kowloon City Magistracy on Monday (October 15) for plea.
NCL has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the cases.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Monday.
In the first case, Zhang Aihe, 36, former cleaning foreman of Nixon Cleaning Company Limited (NCL), faces a charge of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
At the material time, Zhang was a cleaning foreman of NCL, which was the cleaning service contractor of a shopping mall in Homantin.
The charge alleges that on October 16, 2017, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted a bribe of $1,400 from a woman as a reward for securing her position as a cleaning worker at the shopping mall.
In another case, Tsang Kei-tak, 54, cleaning foreman of NCL, faces a charge of fraud, contrary to Section 16A of the Theft Ordinance.
The charge alleges that between July 28 and September 7, 2017, the defendant falsely represented to the woman, who was employed as a cleaning worker of NCL with a monthly salary of $9,300, that she had to reimburse part of the salary to be paid to her because she was unable to operate a floor waxing machine, and with intent to defraud, induced the woman to pay to him a sum of $2,390, which resulted in benefit to him or prejudice to her.
The defendants in the above two cases will appear at the Kowloon City Magistracy on Monday (October 15) for plea.
NCL has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the cases.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Monday.