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JULIE CHU

Former TVB general manager Stephen Chan Chi-wan will face sentencing next Friday after the Court of Appeal refused his request to stay the procedure.
Vice-president Mr Justice Wally Yeung Chun-kuen said this morning: “The Court of Appeal has already found Chan should be found guilty of the [bribery] charge.”
“I can’t see any reasonable basis to support halting the order,” he said.
READ MORE: TVB ex-manager Stephen Chan has decision on bribery charges delayed by Hong Kong court
Yeung, with Ms Justice Maria Yuen Ka-ning and Mr Justice Derek Pang Wai-cheong, convicted Chan, 55, and his personal assistant Edthancy Tseng Pei-kun, 33, and ordered the two be sentenced on a count of agents conspiring to accept advantages in October this year, after District Court judge Poon Siu-tung twice acquitted the pair.
The charge alleged Chan received a payment of HK$112,000 without informing TVB while hosting his talk show Be My Guest at Olympian City in Tai Kok Tsui on New Year’s Eve 2009.
He received the payment from the mall by way of a company run by Tseng, the court heard.

Yeung said he ordered the case be sent back to Judge Poon for a formal conviction as well as sentencing on the grounds that doing so would be the best way to protect the pair’s legal rights.
Chan’s lawyer Joseph Tse SC had filed an application at the Court of Final Appeal requesting that the Court of Appeal stay the order.
Tse claimed if Chan were sentenced at this stage and he wanted to appeal it would entail additional legal costs for his client.
READ MORE: Former TVB manager Stephen Chan and assistant face guilty verdicts in bribery charge over HK$112,000 TV show payment
Tse also claimed Chan did not ask for special treatment, and was merely urging the court to consider his extensive charity work and lack of a prior criminal record.
Prosecutor Eric Kwok Tung-ming SC argued the court should not alter its usual procedure and allow Chan’s application, otherwise it would set a bad precedent. He also argued Chan should not be treated differently.
The three appeals court judges immediately refused Chan’s application. They allowed him to continue his bail at HK$100,000 and ordered that he not leave Hong Kong until his next appearance in court on December 18 this year.


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Former TVB boss Stephen Chan loses request to delay sentencing in bribery case 

The case centred on HK$112,000 that Chan received when he was hosting the show Be My Guest in 2009. Photo: Sam Tsang

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The Court of Appeal finds no ‘reasonable basis’ for putting off December 18 court date after his conviction in October
