Former airline staff jailed in flights bribes scam
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01:02 UTC+8 February 24, 2011
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TWO former airline employees and two others were sent to prison yesterday for their involvement in a bribery scam to enable travelers from the Chinese mainland to fly overseas via Hong Kong.
The four, who were sentenced at the District Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, had been charged by the city's Independent Commission Against Corruption.
According to an ICAC statement, Gordon Ng Ka-wah, 31, a former customer services officer with Cathay Pacific Airways, was jailed for 20 months, while colleague Tan Wei-menn, 46, was jailed for 16 months.
Co-defendants Patrick Cheung Chun-wah, 47, and Thomas Chan Kin-hung, 63, both unemployed, were each sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment.
Ng and Tan were also ordered to pay HK$15,000 (US$1,925) and HK$16,000 restitution to the Hong Kong government, while Cheung and Chan were required to pay HK$20,000 and HK$9,000.
The court heard that at the time of the offences, Ng, Tan and Tsui Ying-kit were employed by Cathay Pacific and Cheung and Chan were escorts engaged by syndicates arranging for travelers from the Chinese mainland to board flights for destinations in the United States and Europe.
Between December 2008 and August 2009, Ng, Tan and Tsui assisted the syndicates in carrying out check-in procedures for mainland travelers arranged by them, Cheung, Chan or their associates.
In return, Ng, Tan or Tsui accepted bribes of HK$500 or HK$600 for each boarding pass issued to a mainland traveler. As a result, Ng and Tan had accepted bribes totalling HK$15,000 and HK$16,000 respectively, while Cheung and Chan earned HK$20,000 and HK$9,000.
Tsui, 30, who absconded from bail on October 23, 2009, is wanted by the ICAC for his alleged role in the case.
Meanwhile, So Shui-wang, 46, unemployed, is also wanted by the ICAC for allegedly offering bribes to officers of the Immigration Department and employees of airline companies to facilitate a syndicate in sneaking people from Chinese mainland to foreign countries via Hong Kong.
The four, who were sentenced at the District Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, had been charged by the city's Independent Commission Against Corruption.
According to an ICAC statement, Gordon Ng Ka-wah, 31, a former customer services officer with Cathay Pacific Airways, was jailed for 20 months, while colleague Tan Wei-menn, 46, was jailed for 16 months.
Co-defendants Patrick Cheung Chun-wah, 47, and Thomas Chan Kin-hung, 63, both unemployed, were each sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment.
Ng and Tan were also ordered to pay HK$15,000 (US$1,925) and HK$16,000 restitution to the Hong Kong government, while Cheung and Chan were required to pay HK$20,000 and HK$9,000.
The court heard that at the time of the offences, Ng, Tan and Tsui Ying-kit were employed by Cathay Pacific and Cheung and Chan were escorts engaged by syndicates arranging for travelers from the Chinese mainland to board flights for destinations in the United States and Europe.
Between December 2008 and August 2009, Ng, Tan and Tsui assisted the syndicates in carrying out check-in procedures for mainland travelers arranged by them, Cheung, Chan or their associates.
In return, Ng, Tan or Tsui accepted bribes of HK$500 or HK$600 for each boarding pass issued to a mainland traveler. As a result, Ng and Tan had accepted bribes totalling HK$15,000 and HK$16,000 respectively, while Cheung and Chan earned HK$20,000 and HK$9,000.
Tsui, 30, who absconded from bail on October 23, 2009, is wanted by the ICAC for his alleged role in the case.
Meanwhile, So Shui-wang, 46, unemployed, is also wanted by the ICAC for allegedly offering bribes to officers of the Immigration Department and employees of airline companies to facilitate a syndicate in sneaking people from Chinese mainland to foreign countries via Hong Kong.
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