A senior Hong Kong policeman has been found guilty of accepting free sexual services from prostitutes arranged by a nightclub operator, in what a judge described as 'the clearest case of 'keeping sweet' corruption'.
District Court Judge John Saunders convicted Sin Kam-wah, 46, a former senior superintendent, of three charges of misconduct in public office.
Sin, who used to head the Narcotics Bureau, is one of the most senior officers to have been charged by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
His co-accused, businesswoman Lam Chuen-ip, 43, was convicted of three charges of exercising control over other women to engage in prostitution and three of offering an advantage to a government servant, namely Sin.
Judge Saunders ruled that Sin, who accepted free sexual services from four prostitutes who worked for Lam, had not only turned a blind eye to prostitution but taken part in Lam's vice offences.
The judge said although Sin was off duty at the time he would be required to perform his duty and take measures to apprehend Lam for engaging in vice offences.
