http://news.tvb.com/local/54994e166db28c3864000003/
在案中被裁定罪名不成立的郭炳聯，法官關注代表他的大律師處理案件的手法，希望大律師公會跟進。 郭炳聯前年三月被廉署拘捕後，透過資深大律師麥高義向律政司呈交一份陳述書，回應廉署的指控，控方後來用陳述書來指控郭炳聯。 法官麥機智對大律師的做法表示關注，更指有其他法官都對這做法感驚訝。若郭炳聯有出庭作供，不認同陳述書的內容，情況會很棘手。特別是麥高義，在本案一度代表郭炳聯出庭，希望大律師公會能在這方面發出指引。
2014年12月23日 星期二
2014年12月22日 星期一
法官下令郭炳灴及陳鉅源各支付訟費1250萬 - Justice Andrew Macrae Ordered Thomas Kwok and Thomas Chan To Pay Costs to the Prosecution
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=55569&icid=a&d_str=20141223
Justice Andrew Macrae has ordered former Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen to pay the legal fees -- HK$12.5 million each -- of the case.
Justice Andrew Macrae has ordered former Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen to pay the legal fees -- HK$12.5 million each -- of the case.
法官下令郭炳灴及陳鉅源各支付訟費1250萬。
許仕仁案：四人判囚5至7年半 - Rafael Hui's Case - 4 Defendants Imprisoned for 5 to 7 and a Half Years -
http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20141223/bkn-20141223115449925-1223_00822_001.html
前政務司司長許仕仁貪污案，法官今早宣布4名被告分別判刑5至7年半，「主角」許仕仁最終判監禁7年半，並需交還逾1118萬元賄款；另外郭炳江被判囚5年，取消董事資格5年，陳鉅源被判囚6年，取消董事資格6年，兩人同時各被罰款50萬元，並各自支付1250萬元訟費；至於關雄生則被判囚5年。
法官判刑時指，考慮許仕仁曾在政府出任30年公職，期間曾做過多個政府職位，備受尊重，且口才了得，直言如非本案，許應是「最好的政務司司長」，但他為維持奢華生活，而變得貪心，利用職權謀利，破壞委任者的信任，行為亦令人聯想到「官商勾結」，亦令致力打擊貪污的港人大受打擊，但判刑不會不考慮許在1998年擊退「金融大鱷」的貢獻，又謂由前特首曾蔭權爵士的求情信，便可知道其功業。
法官亦指，相信郭炳江是個善心及誠懇的人，惟他向許仕仁提供利益的行為或令新鴻基一方知道政府政策，但考慮其宗教信仰及善心，給予他1年減刑。至於陳鉅源雖然非案件主腦，且是新鴻基忠心員工，但在事件中扮演中心角色，故判刑較重。
法官又謂，關雄生並非與新鴻基有關，或是新鴻基職員，但新鴻基卻經關向許仕仁付款，關亦有收取報酬，顯示有重要角色，但根據關的個人背景，顯示他素來慷慨助人，有良好個品格，認為關為人真誠且樂於助人，在金融界有「好好聲譽」，故信立他是因對朋友的忠誠而涉及案件，犯案與其性格不同。
此案經過逾7個月審訊、陪審團退庭商議5日4夜後，最終裁定許仕仁8罪中有5罪成立，被控3罪的郭炳江則1罪成立，被指協助錢銀交收的陳鉅源和關雄生，則各被裁定2罪罪成。
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http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=55568
Former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison.
On Friday, he was found guilty by a High Court jury of accepting HK$8.5 million in bribes from former Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman, Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong, in return for the former official to be "favorably disposed" to the developer.
Kwok, who was found guilty of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined HK$500,000.
前政務司司長許仕仁貪污案，法官今早宣布4名被告分別判刑5至7年半，「主角」許仕仁最終判監禁7年半，並需交還逾1118萬元賄款；另外郭炳江被判囚5年，取消董事資格5年，陳鉅源被判囚6年，取消董事資格6年，兩人同時各被罰款50萬元，並各自支付1250萬元訟費；至於關雄生則被判囚5年。
法官判刑時指，考慮許仕仁曾在政府出任30年公職，期間曾做過多個政府職位，備受尊重，且口才了得，直言如非本案，許應是「最好的政務司司長」，但他為維持奢華生活，而變得貪心，利用職權謀利，破壞委任者的信任，行為亦令人聯想到「官商勾結」，亦令致力打擊貪污的港人大受打擊，但判刑不會不考慮許在1998年擊退「金融大鱷」的貢獻，又謂由前特首曾蔭權爵士的求情信，便可知道其功業。
法官亦指，相信郭炳江是個善心及誠懇的人，惟他向許仕仁提供利益的行為或令新鴻基一方知道政府政策，但考慮其宗教信仰及善心，給予他1年減刑。至於陳鉅源雖然非案件主腦，且是新鴻基忠心員工，但在事件中扮演中心角色，故判刑較重。
法官又謂，關雄生並非與新鴻基有關，或是新鴻基職員，但新鴻基卻經關向許仕仁付款，關亦有收取報酬，顯示有重要角色，但根據關的個人背景，顯示他素來慷慨助人，有良好個品格，認為關為人真誠且樂於助人，在金融界有「好好聲譽」，故信立他是因對朋友的忠誠而涉及案件，犯案與其性格不同。
此案經過逾7個月審訊、陪審團退庭商議5日4夜後，最終裁定許仕仁8罪中有5罪成立，被控3罪的郭炳江則1罪成立，被指協助錢銀交收的陳鉅源和關雄生，則各被裁定2罪罪成。
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http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=55568
Former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison.
On Friday, he was found guilty by a High Court jury of accepting HK$8.5 million in bribes from former Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman, Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong, in return for the former official to be "favorably disposed" to the developer.
Kwok, who was found guilty of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined HK$500,000.
2014年12月20日 星期六
許仕仁情婦曝光 - Identity of Rafael Hui's Mistress Revealed
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20141220/-2-3528820/1.html
前政務司司長許仕仁昨日被法庭判公職人員行為失當及受賄近二千萬元等五項罪名成立。原來許落得鋃鐺入獄下場的背後主因之一，是曾大花金錢博取年齡相差三十三年的「小三」歡心所累。許仕仁曾在庭上自辯時自爆○八年起「包養上海小三」， 本報查悉， 許仕仁口中的「小三」，原來是港龍航空的前空姐Eline，她樣貌甜美，在○五年一次飯局中透過朋友介紹而認識許仕仁，當年她年僅二十四歲，許仕仁見她年輕貌美，即將個人的手機號碼告知對方，三年後空姐結過婚又離過婚，為了「想找人依靠」，決定於○八年藉旅遊來港找許仕仁，許即時答應會照顧她。自此她每次來港均由許安排入住金鐘六星級港麗酒店，兩人每次見面都會發生性行為。
詳情請閱十二月二十日《星島日報》。
http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20141220/bkn-20141220184828598-1220_00822_001.html
貪污罪成的前政務司司長許仕仁作供時自爆曾包養一名上海姑娘，給予對方金額800萬元以上。該名女子身份曝光，兩人邂逅時為05年，女方年僅24歲，當時任職空姐，三年後，女方匆匆結婚又離婚，來港投靠許仕仁，獲許仕仁照顧，入住港麗酒店密會，又送她上海物業和汽車。直到2011年，許仕仁受查，雙方關係無疾而終。
獲許仕仁照顧的上海姑娘沈莉娜，洋名Eline，05年在一個飯局認識許仕仁，但不知道許仕仁是高官，只知他有錢和己婚。據悉，許仕仁見她年輕貌美，立即傾心，主動留下手提電話給她。事隔多年，沈莉娜經歷婚變，於是來港投靠許仕仁，雙方發展親密關係。
許仕仁在庭上供稱，在08年和之後的一、兩年，有把錢給上海一個「女性朋友」；許形容這名朋友「應該算係後生」，他與對方「起碼在某些時段關係親密」。至於給對方的金額，「應該有成好幾百萬，唔係好記得實數，應該有700至800萬以上」。
許仕仁庭上續稱，首次與女方見面是在本港一個社交場合，但兩人見面次數不算頻密，雙方會在香港、上海和北京見面。他送贈現金供對方置業和投資，也有送手袋、手錶等禮品，他指這些禮物「價值當然唔平，但唔係好豪華」。
前政務司司長許仕仁昨日被法庭判公職人員行為失當及受賄近二千萬元等五項罪名成立。原來許落得鋃鐺入獄下場的背後主因之一，是曾大花金錢博取年齡相差三十三年的「小三」歡心所累。許仕仁曾在庭上自辯時自爆○八年起「包養上海小三」， 本報查悉， 許仕仁口中的「小三」，原來是港龍航空的前空姐Eline，她樣貌甜美，在○五年一次飯局中透過朋友介紹而認識許仕仁，當年她年僅二十四歲，許仕仁見她年輕貌美，即將個人的手機號碼告知對方，三年後空姐結過婚又離過婚，為了「想找人依靠」，決定於○八年藉旅遊來港找許仕仁，許即時答應會照顧她。自此她每次來港均由許安排入住金鐘六星級港麗酒店，兩人每次見面都會發生性行為。
詳情請閱十二月二十日《星島日報》。
http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20141220/bkn-20141220184828598-1220_00822_001.html
貪污罪成的前政務司司長許仕仁作供時自爆曾包養一名上海姑娘，給予對方金額800萬元以上。該名女子身份曝光，兩人邂逅時為05年，女方年僅24歲，當時任職空姐，三年後，女方匆匆結婚又離婚，來港投靠許仕仁，獲許仕仁照顧，入住港麗酒店密會，又送她上海物業和汽車。直到2011年，許仕仁受查，雙方關係無疾而終。
獲許仕仁照顧的上海姑娘沈莉娜，洋名Eline，05年在一個飯局認識許仕仁，但不知道許仕仁是高官，只知他有錢和己婚。據悉，許仕仁見她年輕貌美，立即傾心，主動留下手提電話給她。事隔多年，沈莉娜經歷婚變，於是來港投靠許仕仁，雙方發展親密關係。
許仕仁在庭上供稱，在08年和之後的一、兩年，有把錢給上海一個「女性朋友」；許形容這名朋友「應該算係後生」，他與對方「起碼在某些時段關係親密」。至於給對方的金額，「應該有成好幾百萬，唔係好記得實數，應該有700至800萬以上」。
許仕仁庭上續稱，首次與女方見面是在本港一個社交場合，但兩人見面次數不算頻密，雙方會在香港、上海和北京見面。他送贈現金供對方置業和投資，也有送手袋、手錶等禮品，他指這些禮物「價值當然唔平，但唔係好豪華」。
2014年12月18日 星期四
許仕仁5罪成 - Rafael Hui Convicted of 5 Charges
http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20141219/bkn-20141219144745966-1219_00822_001.html
Rafael Hui Convicted of 5 Charges - 許仕仁5罪成
前政務司司長許仕仁在任前後收受新鴻基地產集團利益案，9名陪審員經過5日的退庭商議後，下午作出裁決。許仕仁8項控罪中5項成立，郭炳江1罪成，郭炳聯則全部控罪不成立，陳鉅源和關雄生2項控罪全部成立。
許仕仁首項控罪藉公職作出不當行為罪成，陪審團以8比1，大比數裁定許仕仁罪成。第二項控罪許與郭炳江均以9比0裁定罪名不成立。第三項及第四項控罪許及郭炳聯均以7比2裁定罪名不成立。第五項控罪許以7比2裁定罪名成立，此控罪涉及本案5名被告，只有郭炳聯脫罪，其餘4人皆罪成。第六項控罪許亦以7比2裁定罪名成立。第七項控罪涉及5名被告，其中許仕仁、陳鉅源及關雄生罪名成立，郭氏兄弟則不成立。第八項控罪許仕仁就以7比2裁定罪名成立。
本案5名被告包括前政務司司長許仕仁、新地董事局聯席主席兼董事總經理郭炳江及郭炳聯兄弟、新地執行董事陳鉅源及港交所前高級副總裁關雄生。他們被控串謀藉公職作出不當行為、串謀向公職人員提供利益等共8罪。控罪指他們在2000至2007年，即許先後擔任積金局行政總監、政務司司長及行會非官守議員等公職期間，串謀讓許收受現金饋贈、貸款及免租入住豪宅等利益，以換取許在公職上優待新地。
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http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=55529
Former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan has been found guilty by a High Court jury of accepting HK$8.5 million in bribes from Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman, Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong, in return for the former official to be "favorably disposed" to the developer.
Hui was found guilty of three counts of misconduct in public office, one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and one count of conspiracy to offer an advantage to public servant.
Thomas Kwok was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
His brother Raymond Kwok Ping-luen was clear of all charges.
Former Hong Kong stock exchange official Francis Kwan Hung-sang and Sun Hung Kai Properties executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen were each found guilty to two counts of charges.
The jurors spent the last five day before coming up with the verdicts. They found nothing wrong with other multi-million dollar payments Hui received from the Kwok's brothers.
Rafael Hui Convicted of 5 Charges - 許仕仁5罪成
前政務司司長許仕仁在任前後收受新鴻基地產集團利益案，9名陪審員經過5日的退庭商議後，下午作出裁決。許仕仁8項控罪中5項成立，郭炳江1罪成，郭炳聯則全部控罪不成立，陳鉅源和關雄生2項控罪全部成立。
許仕仁首項控罪藉公職作出不當行為罪成，陪審團以8比1，大比數裁定許仕仁罪成。第二項控罪許與郭炳江均以9比0裁定罪名不成立。第三項及第四項控罪許及郭炳聯均以7比2裁定罪名不成立。第五項控罪許以7比2裁定罪名成立，此控罪涉及本案5名被告，只有郭炳聯脫罪，其餘4人皆罪成。第六項控罪許亦以7比2裁定罪名成立。第七項控罪涉及5名被告，其中許仕仁、陳鉅源及關雄生罪名成立，郭氏兄弟則不成立。第八項控罪許仕仁就以7比2裁定罪名成立。
本案5名被告包括前政務司司長許仕仁、新地董事局聯席主席兼董事總經理郭炳江及郭炳聯兄弟、新地執行董事陳鉅源及港交所前高級副總裁關雄生。他們被控串謀藉公職作出不當行為、串謀向公職人員提供利益等共8罪。控罪指他們在2000至2007年，即許先後擔任積金局行政總監、政務司司長及行會非官守議員等公職期間，串謀讓許收受現金饋贈、貸款及免租入住豪宅等利益，以換取許在公職上優待新地。
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http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=55529
Former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan has been found guilty by a High Court jury of accepting HK$8.5 million in bribes from Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman, Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong, in return for the former official to be "favorably disposed" to the developer.
Hui was found guilty of three counts of misconduct in public office, one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and one count of conspiracy to offer an advantage to public servant.
Thomas Kwok was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
His brother Raymond Kwok Ping-luen was clear of all charges.
Former Hong Kong stock exchange official Francis Kwan Hung-sang and Sun Hung Kai Properties executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen were each found guilty to two counts of charges.
The jurors spent the last five day before coming up with the verdicts. They found nothing wrong with other multi-million dollar payments Hui received from the Kwok's brothers.
2014年11月5日 星期三
Rafael Hui Trial Revealed Rotten Heart of Hong Kong Government, Says Prosecutor David Perry QC
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1632609/rafael-hui-trial-revealed-rotten-heart-hong-kong-government-says
The heart of Hong Kong government was “rotten” when former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan pocketed multimillion-dollar bribes from billionaire property developers, prosecutors said as they began wrapping up one of the city’s biggest ever graft trials today.
Starting a four-day closing submission summing up more than 100 days of evidence, lead prosecutor David Perry QC said it was a “simple case of misconduct in public office” by Hui.
The actions of the co-defendants, Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairmen and brothers Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, bore “all the hallmarks of bribery”.
“There was something rotten at the heart of the government of Hong Kong,” said Perry. “[Hui] put his own private interest before his public duty. It is about collusion between business and government.
“The prosecution has to say with regret that the defendants have told lies,” he added.
Perry said Hui’s earlier role as managing director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) was also “hopelessly compromised” because of his “divided loyalty”.
The prosecutor asked the nine jurors not to judge Hui morally in the face of evidence about his luxurious lifestyle and spending sprees.
“He needed money to fund his immoderate and luxurious lifestyle – that’s not a criticism, that’s not a moral judgment,” Perry said.
Hui “is not on trial for his love of gourmet food, fine wine or companionship of women,” the prosecutor added.
Hui and Thomas Kwok had testified that the alleged bribes were part of a secret oral agreement made with Hui stipulating that HK$30 million be paid for two years’ consultancy between 2003 and 2005.
But Perry said: “The oral agreement is a fictitious invention of the defendants, a convenient attempt to explain away what was a bribe.”
Hui “abused” his public office, Perry said. “He was not candid, he was not truthful, he was not open about his relationship with the Kwoks ... because he received these bribes.”
He challenged the co-defendants’ testimony that the almost identical sums of money that left the Kwoks and arrived to Hui were coincidental. “An assertion of coincidence is not an explanation; it’s simply taking refuge in the denial of the connection,” he said.
“Each of the defendants, when they found themselves in difficulty, sought sanctuary in the claim of ignorance or absence of knowledge.”
When Hui was head of MPFA, he voted in favour of the public body’s renewal of its office lease in the IFC tower co-managed by SHKP. “Rather than acting with integrity, he deliberately suppressed the truth about his relationship with the Kwoks,” Perry said.
As chief secretary and later a non-official member of the Executive Council, Hui handled the West Kowloon Cultural District project, in which SHKP had an interest.
Hui, 66, faces eight charges related to bribery and misconduct in public office.
Thomas Kwok, 63, faces one charge of conspiracy to offer an advantage to Hui and two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
Raymond Kwok, 61, faces four charges, including one with Hui of furnishing false information. SHKP executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen, 68, and former Hong Kong stock exchange official Francis Kwan Hung-sang, 63, each face two charges.
All have pleaded not guilty. The trial continues before Mr Justice Andrew Macrae.
The heart of Hong Kong government was “rotten” when former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan pocketed multimillion-dollar bribes from billionaire property developers, prosecutors said as they began wrapping up one of the city’s biggest ever graft trials today.
Starting a four-day closing submission summing up more than 100 days of evidence, lead prosecutor David Perry QC said it was a “simple case of misconduct in public office” by Hui.
The actions of the co-defendants, Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairmen and brothers Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, bore “all the hallmarks of bribery”.
“There was something rotten at the heart of the government of Hong Kong,” said Perry. “[Hui] put his own private interest before his public duty. It is about collusion between business and government.
“The prosecution has to say with regret that the defendants have told lies,” he added.
Perry said Hui’s earlier role as managing director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) was also “hopelessly compromised” because of his “divided loyalty”.
The prosecutor asked the nine jurors not to judge Hui morally in the face of evidence about his luxurious lifestyle and spending sprees.
“He needed money to fund his immoderate and luxurious lifestyle – that’s not a criticism, that’s not a moral judgment,” Perry said.
Hui “is not on trial for his love of gourmet food, fine wine or companionship of women,” the prosecutor added.
Hui and Thomas Kwok had testified that the alleged bribes were part of a secret oral agreement made with Hui stipulating that HK$30 million be paid for two years’ consultancy between 2003 and 2005.
But Perry said: “The oral agreement is a fictitious invention of the defendants, a convenient attempt to explain away what was a bribe.”
Hui “abused” his public office, Perry said. “He was not candid, he was not truthful, he was not open about his relationship with the Kwoks ... because he received these bribes.”
He challenged the co-defendants’ testimony that the almost identical sums of money that left the Kwoks and arrived to Hui were coincidental. “An assertion of coincidence is not an explanation; it’s simply taking refuge in the denial of the connection,” he said.
“Each of the defendants, when they found themselves in difficulty, sought sanctuary in the claim of ignorance or absence of knowledge.”
When Hui was head of MPFA, he voted in favour of the public body’s renewal of its office lease in the IFC tower co-managed by SHKP. “Rather than acting with integrity, he deliberately suppressed the truth about his relationship with the Kwoks,” Perry said.
As chief secretary and later a non-official member of the Executive Council, Hui handled the West Kowloon Cultural District project, in which SHKP had an interest.
Hui, 66, faces eight charges related to bribery and misconduct in public office.
Thomas Kwok, 63, faces one charge of conspiracy to offer an advantage to Hui and two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
Raymond Kwok, 61, faces four charges, including one with Hui of furnishing false information. SHKP executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen, 68, and former Hong Kong stock exchange official Francis Kwan Hung-sang, 63, each face two charges.
All have pleaded not guilty. The trial continues before Mr Justice Andrew Macrae.
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