SWD Assistant Social Work Officer admits bribery for referral patients to private elderly home
An Assistant Social Work Officer of the Social Welfare Department (SWD), charged by the ICAC, today (March 21) pleaded guilty at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to accepting bribes of $83,000 from an operator of a private residential care home for the elderly (RCHE) for referring discharged patients of the Princess Margaret Hospital to the RCHE. The operator, who entered a guilty plea earlier, also admitted the amended charge today.