HKU professor charged over HK$2.2m bribery linked to IT education contracts
An associate professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been charged by the corruption watchdog for allegedly receiving HK$2.2 million (US$280,500) in bribes in return for awarding seven procurement contracts for information technology education services to a vendor. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Friday that it had prosecuted Gary Wong Ka-wai, 45, of the…
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) associate professor, Gary Wong Ka-wai, has been charged by the corruption watchdog for accepting bribes totalling HK$2.2 million in exchange for awarding seven IT education service procurement contracts to a vendor. Additionally, Huen Man-ho, sole director and shareholder of two education service providers, Immersive Learning and Koding Kingdom, faced nine counts of conspiracy, two counts of fraud, along with his wife and nephew.
The alleged bribery occurred between August 2023 and June 2024 when Wong served as the director of HKU's Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE), responsible for promoting IT in education through grants from funding bodies like the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and the government's Quality Education Fund. The ICAC investigation stemmed from a corruption complaint, revealing that Wong and Huen agreed that Wong would receive a reward of 10 to 50 percent of the purchase order value upon awarding the projects, with total purchase orders exceeding HK$10 million.
The defendants were released on bail and are set to appear before Eastern Court for mention on Monday, with the prosecution planning to transfer the case to the District Court for pleas.
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