Live blog: Kwoks used 'elaborate' scheme to mask payments for Hui, prosecution says

The prosecution continued to lay its case before the jury today, after accusing the city's former chief secretary of being paid to be the "inside man" of property tycoons Thomas and Raymond Kwok.

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(From top left) Billionaire brothers Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong. (From Bottom left) Thomas Chan Kui-yuen, former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan, executive director of SHKP and former Hong Kong Stock Exchange official Francis Kwan Hung-sang. Photos: Felix Wong and Nora Tam

Published: 10:12am, 6 Jun 2014Updated: 7:02pm, 6 Jun 2014

The prosecution will continue to lay its case before the jury today, after accusing the city's former chief secretary of being paid to be the "inside man" of property tycoons Thomas and Raymond Kwok.

Prosecutor David Perry QC also laid bare yesterday the painstaking methods allegedly used to conceal those payments.

Rafael Hui Si-yan, 66, faces eight charges related to bribery and misconduct in public office.

Sun Hung Kai Properties co-chairman Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong, 62, faces one charge of conspiracy to offer an advantage to Hui and two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, 61, also co-chairman, faces four charges, including one with Hui of furnishing false information.

SHKP executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen and former Hong Kong stock exchange official Francis Kwan Hung-sang each face two charges. All have pleaded not guilty.

4.39pm: After Perry ends this part of his opening speech, Mr Justice Andrew Macrae says one juror will be allowed to take her mother to the doctor next Thursday.