Six months’ jail for 2020 LegCo Election candidate charged by ICAC for false election return and attempted fraud over election expenses
A candidate of the 2020 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) for the New Territories East Geographical Constituency, charged by the ICAC, was today (April 2) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for lodging a false election return to the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) and attempted to defraud the REO of election expenses on facial treatment and hotel room fee totalling $38,700.