Update | Former TVB boss Stephen Chan found guilty in Hong Kong bribery case, fined HK$84,000
High Court follows latest appeals court ruling that Chan and Edthancy Tseng be convicted
Former TVB general manager Stephen Chan Chi-wan and his personal assistant were convicted today for conspiracy to accept an advantage and fined them HK$84,000 and HK$28,000 respectively.
District Court Judge Poon Siu-tung, presiding in the High Court after previously acquitting Chan, 55, and Edthancy Tseng Pei-kun, 33, found the men guilty and did not impose a jail sentence.
The charge stated that Chan, as host of the talk show Be My Guest, received HK$112,000 for his appearance at a mall through a company run by Tseng without reporting it to the station.
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The episode was produced and broadcast by TVB and took place at Olympian City in Tai Kok Tsui on New Year’s Eve 2009.
Today’s conviction and fines – totalling the amount Chan received in the incident in question – closed a high-profile chapter in Chan’s association with TVB, where he became general manager in 2004.
As a talk show host for the station, Chan gained popularity, inviting prominent figures ranging from former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen to Olympic gold medallist Lee Lai-shan.
Chan’s lawyer Joseph Tse SC, while seeking mitigation for Chan, said people from all walks of life wrote letters to court to ask for leniency towards his client.
