Rafael Hui/Kwok brothers trial: deliberations to begin on Monday
Deliberations to begin on Monday as city's biggest ever graft trial edges towards a conclusion after more than six months
The jury in the city's highest profile graft trial ever will begin its deliberations on Monday after hearing months of evidence on the charges against former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan and the two co-chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties.
Mr Justice Andrew Macrae announced the timetable yesterday after spending five days summing up evidence from the marathon trial, which started in May.
Macrae adjourned the High Court trial until 10am on Monday, when he will give final directions to the nine jurors and tell them to take as long as they need to reach verdicts on the charges against the five defendants.
Hui is accused of taking HK$28.8 million of cash and inducements from SHKP's Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen. Some of the cash was allegedly funnelled via SHKP executive director Thomas Chan Kui-yuen and former stock exchange official Francis Kwan Hung-sang.
Hui allegedly acted as SHKP's "eyes and ears" in government between 2005 and 2009, firstly as government No2 and later as a non-official member of the Executive Council.
Macrae asked the jury to consider whether and why Hui and Kwan had lied. He referenced two pieces of evidence.