Former HA doctor and patient charged with bribery
2019-9-25
A former doctor of a public hospital has been charged by the ICAC today (September 25) with accepting a watch worth $19,000 from a patient as a reward for her provision of medical treatments.
Grace Lui Chung-yan, 41, former Associate Consultant of the Hospital Authority (HA) , faces one count of public servant accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 4(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO).
The patient concerned, Yau Yuk-loi, 57, company proprietor, has also been charged with one count of offering an advantage to a public servant, contrary to Section 4(1)(a) of the POBO.
The defendants will appear at the Shatin Magistracy on Friday (September 27) for plea.
At the material time, Lui was an Associate Consultant posted to the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics of Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) under the HA. She was one of the medical officers who had treated Yau when he was hospitalised in PWH for a month in 2016.
The charge against Lui alleges that on an unknown day between December 26, 2016 and October 3, 2017, Lui, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted a watch worth $19,000 from Yau, as an inducement to or reward for her to provide medical treatments and advice to Yau in PWH.
The charge against Yau alleges that he offered the aforementioned watch to Lui for the same purpose.
The HA has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.
Grace Lui Chung-yan, 41, former Associate Consultant of the Hospital Authority (HA) , faces one count of public servant accepting an advantage, contrary to Section 4(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO).
The patient concerned, Yau Yuk-loi, 57, company proprietor, has also been charged with one count of offering an advantage to a public servant, contrary to Section 4(1)(a) of the POBO.
The defendants will appear at the Shatin Magistracy on Friday (September 27) for plea.
At the material time, Lui was an Associate Consultant posted to the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics of Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) under the HA. She was one of the medical officers who had treated Yau when he was hospitalised in PWH for a month in 2016.
The charge against Lui alleges that on an unknown day between December 26, 2016 and October 3, 2017, Lui, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted a watch worth $19,000 from Yau, as an inducement to or reward for her to provide medical treatments and advice to Yau in PWH.
The charge against Yau alleges that he offered the aforementioned watch to Lui for the same purpose.
The HA has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.