An immigration officer accepted about $30,000 in bribes to help mainlanders enter Hong Kong and apply for work visas over the past nine years, a court heard yesterday.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption charged Kwan Che-ping, 51, with accepting money in Hong Kong and on the mainland.
He faced five counts in which six people were alleged to have given him a total of about $23,000.
The alleged bribes were for Kwan to provide assistance for Hong Kong entry and to obtain rights of residence and identity cards, Eastern Court was told.
Kwan was further charged with three counts of conspiring with former Customs officer Chu Hak-lan to accept more than $6,000 - a sum allegedly for Kwan to provide Chu with confidential immigration information and help one of the six apply for an employment visa.
The offences allegedly took place between 1990 and early last year.
