Birmingham City chief Carson Yeung accused over 'inconsistent' evidence
Closing remarks in trial of soccer boss on money-laundering charges highlight 'variances'
Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing's evidence in his money laundering trial was at variance with that of his accounting expert, and he gave more than one version of some of the contentious issues, the prosecution said yesterday.
In its closing remarks, the prosecution submitted to the District Court examples of Yeung's inconsistencies.
One of them was that accountant Ian Robinson said that a deposit of HK$20 million by Cheung Chi-tai, a Hong Kong businessman, was to fund a British property. But Yeung said it was a payment from his investment in a Macau casino junket operator.
The 53 days of hearings in the trial ended yesterday. District Judge Douglas Yau Tak-hong said he would deliver his verdict on February 28.
The 53-year-old businessman has pleaded not guilty to five counts of money laundering involving a total of HK$721 million.
Another example cited by the prosecution was that Yeung first said Lin Cheuk-fung was the majority shareholder of Neptune Group, but later, upon cross-examination, he agreed that former lawmaker Chim Pui-chung was the majority shareholder.
