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Hong Kong Airport Authority executive, subcontractor charged in HK$3.8 million bribes case related to contracts for third runway

  • Independent Commission Against Corruption lays charges against Airport Authority principal manager Ricky Lee, 47, and Carol Engineering boss Ng Kai-on, 65
  • ICAC says its investigation concerned awarding of works and material supplies contracts, as well as administrative and financial matters

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Hong Kong’s anti-graft agency has charged a senior executive at the city’s Airport Authority and a subcontractor for allegedly accepting and offering bribes totalling about HK$3.8 million (US$484,000) in relation to the third-runway mega project.

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The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Friday said the two defendants were Ricky Lee Wing-fai, 47, principal manager of the Airport Authority, and Ng Kai-on, 65, sole director-cum-shareholder of Carol Engineering Limited – a subcontractor for the project.

The pair were among 30 people rounded up in an operation code-named “Blizzard” that took place on Wednesday and Thursday.

The anti-corruption agency laid charges against Lee and Ng on Thursday night after seeking legal advice from the Department of Justice.

The pair were among 30 people rounded up in an ICAC operation code-named “Blizzard”. Photo: Felix Wong
The pair were among 30 people rounded up in an ICAC operation code-named “Blizzard”. Photo: Felix Wong

Lee faced two counts of conspiracy for a public servant to accept an advantage at Eastern Court in Sai Wan Ho on Friday morning. Ng faced one count of offering an advantage to a public servant.

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