HK tycoons, former senior official stand trial for bribes

Want China Times, Xinhua 2014-05-09

Press gather at the high court in Hong Kong as the trial gets
underway, May 8. (Photo/CNS)

A corruption trial involving Hong Kong's former chief secretary Rafael Hui and two of the city's richest men Thomas Kwok and Raymond Kwok opened Thursday.

Hui, 66, the most senior official ever charged of graft in Hong Kong, is accused of accepting HK$34 million (U$4.4 million) from the Kwok brothers, who jointly chair one the world's major developers Sun Hung Kai Properties, in exchange for land sales information.

Hui and the Kwok brothers were arrested by the city's graft- buster, the Independent Commission Against Corruption in March 2012. The three were among five people charged with eight offences including misconduct in public office and providing false information. All pleaded not guilty.

The trial is expected to last for 70 days, with evidence from more than 80 prosecution witnesses.

Raymond Kwok (left) and Thomas Kwok, vice chairmen

of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd

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