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Officers face vice bribery charges

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TWO police sergeants and a constable appeared in North Kowloon Court yesterday on corruption charges in connection with the protection of vice establishments in Mongkok.

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The three were among 102 people - including eight other police officers - who were arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Police sergeants So Man-on, 46, and Lee Tak-ming, 36, are jointly charged with conspiracy to accept advantages.

They allegedly conspired with senior police inspector Lai Kin-keung and vice establishment operators to accept money in return for not taking action against the establishments.

So and police constable Tong Wing-keung, 30, face five other conspiracy charges.

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So faces a further three counts of conspiracy and one related to an illegal gambling den.

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