Duo charged with bribery over employment of electrical workers
2018-11-21
A foreman and a worker of an engineering company awarded an electrical installation project at a construction site in Tung Chung have been charged by the ICAC today (November 21) with soliciting and accepting illegal rebates totalling over $65,000 from fellow workers for securing their employment with the company.
Wong Wun-choi, 59, foreman of Hong Yuan (HK) Engineering Limited (Hong Yuan), and Leong Chi-kwok, 61, worker of Hong Yuan, face three joint charges of conspiracy to accept an advantage as an agent, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO) and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
Leong alone faces six charges – one of soliciting an advantage as an agent and five of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the POBO, while Wong faces two similar charges.
The defendants will appear in the Tuen Mun Magistracy on Friday (November 23) for plea.
At the material times, Wong and Leong were respectively foreman and worker of Hong Yuan, which was awarded an electrical installation project at a construction site in Tung Chung, the New Territories. They were responsible for recruiting electrical workers for the project.
Three of the charges allege that between March 12 and May 31, 2017, Wong and Leong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, conspired together to accept rebates of $28,000 in total from two workers as rewards for assisting them in securing their employment with Hong Yuan.
Five other charges allege that between January 26 and March 10, 2017, Leong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted rebates of $31,800 in total from the above-mentioned workers and another worker as rewards for assisting them in securing their employment with Hong Yuan.
Another charge alleges that on an unknown day between April 10 and 15, 2017, Leong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, solicited a rebate of $400 per working day from a fourth worker as a reward for assisting him in securing his employment with Hong Yuan.
The remaining two charges allege that between March 15 and April 8, 2017, Wong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted rebates of $5,550 in total from a fifth worker as a reward for assisting the fellow worker in securing his employment with Hong Yuan.
Hong Yuan has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during the investigation.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.
Wong Wun-choi, 59, foreman of Hong Yuan (HK) Engineering Limited (Hong Yuan), and Leong Chi-kwok, 61, worker of Hong Yuan, face three joint charges of conspiracy to accept an advantage as an agent, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO) and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
Leong alone faces six charges – one of soliciting an advantage as an agent and five of agent accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 9(1)(a) of the POBO, while Wong faces two similar charges.
The defendants will appear in the Tuen Mun Magistracy on Friday (November 23) for plea.
At the material times, Wong and Leong were respectively foreman and worker of Hong Yuan, which was awarded an electrical installation project at a construction site in Tung Chung, the New Territories. They were responsible for recruiting electrical workers for the project.
Three of the charges allege that between March 12 and May 31, 2017, Wong and Leong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, conspired together to accept rebates of $28,000 in total from two workers as rewards for assisting them in securing their employment with Hong Yuan.
Five other charges allege that between January 26 and March 10, 2017, Leong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted rebates of $31,800 in total from the above-mentioned workers and another worker as rewards for assisting them in securing their employment with Hong Yuan.
Another charge alleges that on an unknown day between April 10 and 15, 2017, Leong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, solicited a rebate of $400 per working day from a fourth worker as a reward for assisting him in securing his employment with Hong Yuan.
The remaining two charges allege that between March 15 and April 8, 2017, Wong, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted rebates of $5,550 in total from a fifth worker as a reward for assisting the fellow worker in securing his employment with Hong Yuan.
Hong Yuan has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during the investigation.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.