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 with accepting a HK$2.2 million bribe in return for awarding seven procurement contracts for IT education services to a vendor, according to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The corruption watchdog alleges that Wong, 45, received the bribe to favor two education service providers, Immersive Learning and Koding Kingdom, owned by Huen Man-ho, 56.
The alleged bribery took place between August 2023 and June 2024, when Wong served as the director of HKU's Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE). The ICAC investigation was initiated following a corruption complaint, and their inquiry revealed that Wong and Huen had agreed on a reward of 10 to 50% of the purchase order value upon awarding the contracts, with total values exceeding HK$10 million.
Additionally, four defendants, including Huen's wife and his nephew, were accused of making false representations to HKU, causing them to receive service fees for non-existent research services. All defendants have been released on bail and are scheduled to appear before Eastern Court for a mention on Monday.
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