HK professor faces court for alleged housing allowance fraud
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-06 06:40
A professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was taken to court on
Monday for allegedly deceiving private tenancy allowance totaling about 1.9
million HK dollars (245,000 U.S. dollars).
Chan Wing-wah, a music professor for the Chinese University, faced two counts
of agent using a document with intent to deceive his principal, contrary to the
Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
Court magistrate Michael Jenkins adjourned the case until June 23 for
transfer to the District Court for plea.
One of the charges alleged Chan of using an application for private tenancy
allowance on October 10, 1990, which contained false, erroneous or defective
statements.
Another charge alleged that between August 30 and November 14, 1998, Chan had
used another document to deceive his principal.
He was alleged to have falsely claimed in the document that a director and
shareholder of a company, from whom he had leased the property under his private
tenancy allowance, was not his relative.
But later investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption
found Chan had lied in these statements.
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