In the past two days, the Hong Kong Integrity Office has carried out law enforcement operations code -named "Blizzard" in the past two days. He arrested 30 people involved in the Hong Kong International Airport Administration (referred to as the Machinery Management Bureau) Three Runway System Projects and sued two of them.
Comprehensive Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily reported that the Hong Kong Intellectual Agency had received corruption complaints earlier, saying that the staff of the Organization Authority involved in the use of their powers to accept benefits when participating in the three runway system projects, followed by investigations.
In the "Blizzard" law enforcement operation in the past two days, the Hong Kong Intellectual Agency arrested four short -term contractors, including the general manager, chief senior manager, senior manager and senior engineering inspector, and 26The names are employed by engineering contractors and employees.They are involved in approval of projects and material supply contracts, as well as corruption in administrative and financial arrangements.
30 arrested 37 men and 3 women, aged 27 to 77.In the operation, the personnel of the ICAO searched the residence and office involved in the operation, and seized some suspected corruption benefits, including cash, precious watches, famous wines and gold coins.
Hong Kong International Airport launched the three -runway system project in 2016. The Machinery Authority hired multiple engineering professionals to assist in management in the form of short -term contracts, including the above four machine management bureau personnel.They participate in the various contracts that manage this project, including the main reclamation and the third runway construction project contract, which include assisting in approval and management related construction contracts and material supply contracts, as well as handling related administrative and financial arrangements, such as arrangements for arrangements, such as arrangementsEngineering material supply and engineering cost distribution and other matters.
Investigation of the ICAC shows that the bank account of the senior manager of the arrested chief manager has a number of cash suspected of bribery in the past few years, involving millions of yuan, and some of the money is assisted by the family to deposit into the bank.The survey also found that the above four machine management bureau personnel have involved in many restaurants, nightclubs and other entertainment venues, and they have received the hospitality of the organizers and subcontractors.
As for the quality of the project material, the spokesman of the ICAC said that the relevant engineering and material supply contract approval, administrative and financial matters related to the case of this case, and no projects involved in engineering quality and material specifications were found in the investigation.
The Machine Management Bureau issued a statement on Thursday (August 18), saying that in response to law enforcement operations, the four short -term contract employees involved in the case have been suspended.The requirements of law enforcement agencies cooperate with action.
After consulting the legal opinion with the Department of Justice, Li Yonghui (47 years old) and the wholly -owned director and shareholder of Kale Engineering Co., Ltd.They accused them of collecting and providing bribery for a total of approximately HK $ 3.8 million (about S $ 670,000).
Li Yonghui joined the Machinery Management Bureau to serve as senior project engineers in 2017. He was promoted to the chief senior manager in May this year. He was responsible for supervising the multiple engineering contracts of the Third Runway System Project at the time of the incident.Wu Qi'an is a wholly -owned director and shareholder of the San Runway System Project.
The above suspected crimes occurred from October 25, 2018 to June 7 this year.
