Rafael Hui did not declare HK$2.4 million of loans, trial told
Ex-MPF authority chief was not aware Rafael Hui borrowed money and received lodging from Sun Hung Kai Properties, trial told
Rafael Hui Si-yan did not declare to the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority chairman two loans totalling HK$2.4 million he obtained from a Sun Hung Kai Properties subsidiary just before and after becoming authority managing director, a court heard yesterday.
Nor was the chairman at the time, Charles Lee Yeh-kwong, aware that Hui was negotiating a consultancy agreement with SHKP, the High Court heard.
Lee was testifying for the second day in the top-level corruption trial involving Hui, a former chief secretary, and SHKP co-chairmen Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen.
Hui, 66, who faces eight charges related to bribery and misconduct in public office, served as the authority's managing director between June 2000 and August 2003.
Referring to documents, prosecutor Joseph Tse Wah-yuen SC said Hui obtained a loan of HK$900,000 and another of HK$1.5 million from Honour Finance Company, an SHKP subsidiary, in April 2000 and January 2002 respectively.
Lee said he was "not aware" Hui had obtained the loans by the time Hui voted on May 13, 2003, in support of renewing a tenancy agreement for offices at One IFC, developed by SHKP.
