Company director brought to court for bribing bank staff
2018-12-13
A director of a trading company was brought to the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (December 13) after being charged by the ICAC with offering a bribe to an employee of a bank for unfreezing an account for his company.
Huang Fangming, 37, a Mainland resident and sole director cum shareholder of Shihan Limited (Shihan), faced a charge of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
No plea was taken. Principal Magistrate Ms Bina Chainrai adjourned the case to December 27 for plea, and granted the defendant bail.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint referred by China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (CCB (Asia)).
Huang was arrested by ICAC officers on Tuesday (December 11) for allegedly committing the bribery offence when he visited a branch of CCB (Asia) in Kowloon Bay.
After seeking legal advice from the Department of Justice, the ICAC laid the charge against Huang yesterday (December 12).
The charge alleged that on November 22, 2018, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered a sum of $500 to $1,500 to a relationship manager of CCB (Asia) as an inducement to unfreeze a commercial bank account held by Shihan with CCB (Asia).
The relationship manager of CCB (Asia) rejected the offer and reported the matter to his supervisor.
CCB (Asia) had rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officers Ken Chek and Ankie Lam.
Huang Fangming, 37, a Mainland resident and sole director cum shareholder of Shihan Limited (Shihan), faced a charge of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
No plea was taken. Principal Magistrate Ms Bina Chainrai adjourned the case to December 27 for plea, and granted the defendant bail.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint referred by China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (CCB (Asia)).
Huang was arrested by ICAC officers on Tuesday (December 11) for allegedly committing the bribery offence when he visited a branch of CCB (Asia) in Kowloon Bay.
After seeking legal advice from the Department of Justice, the ICAC laid the charge against Huang yesterday (December 12).
The charge alleged that on November 22, 2018, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered a sum of $500 to $1,500 to a relationship manager of CCB (Asia) as an inducement to unfreeze a commercial bank account held by Shihan with CCB (Asia).
The relationship manager of CCB (Asia) rejected the offer and reported the matter to his supervisor.
CCB (Asia) had rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officers Ken Chek and Ankie Lam.