Seven members and staff of Hong Kong taxi association among 17 charged over vote-rigging during 2016 Legislative Council elections
- Four persons assisted 240 ineligible voters to register for a constituency by submitting false information about their qualification and education
- Others offered bribes of up to HK$1,000 to 41 people to ensure they voted for a particular candidate
Seven members and staff of a taxi association were among 17 charged on Thursday over vote-rigging during the Legislative Council elections in 2016.
Four of them assisted some 240 ineligible voters to register for the Information Technology Functional Constituency with false qualifications, according to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Others offered bribes of up to HK$1,000 (US$127) to 41 people to ensure they voted for a particular candidate.
The defendants associated with the Taxi Drivers and Operators Association are its corporate director Li Wai-man, 52; vice-secretary Yeung Yiu-hung, 33; financial director Wong Suen-lai, 44; executive committee members Lui Ah-fook, 45, and Li Lam-cheong, 47; member Chan Chun-shing, 60, and clerk Poon Sau-fong, 51.
Some of the remaining accused have family ties with Lui Ah-fook, including his 23-year-old son and younger sisters. All the defendants and those who received the payments but were not charged are related to one another as relatives and schoolmates.
