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Solicitor accuses ICAC of bugging private call

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The corruption watchdog might have bugged a private phone conversation between a barrister and his client, the District Court heard yesterday.

Graham Harris, defence counsel for prominent solicitor Andrew Lam Ping-cheung, lodged a complaint to the court voicing suspicion that his conversations with Mr Lam had been monitored by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Mr Lam, 53, an ICAC investigator-turned-solicitor, and criminal barrister Kevin Egan, 58, are jointly charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Also facing the same charge are former Semtech chairman Derek Wong Chong-kwong, 37, and company director Mandy Chui Man-si, 25.

The charges relate to an ICAC investigation into alleged stock manipulation of the publicly listed Semtech International Holdings.

Mr Harris told the court yesterday he had a phone conversation with Mr Lam on Thursday about a legal document provided by the prosecution the previous day.

He said they discussed a mistake in the document and 20 minutes after their conversation he received an amended version of the document with the mistake fixed.

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