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SCMP Reporter

Sister claimed scriptwriting fees for work she hadn't done
A popular RTHK disc jockey admitted yesterday he made bogus claims to the public broadcaster in order to obtain service fees for a regular freelancer who did not want to make the claims under her own name.
Leung Ka-fai,  who broadcasts as Roland Leung Yik-lun,  claimed his elder sister had provided scriptwriting and research work for his programme when she had never done so.
The court heard that the bogus claims led RTHK to pay HK$10,600 between September and November 2001.
The court heard that Leung approached his sister, Josephine Leung Wai-ka,  for help at the 'request' of regular freelancer Shirley Tsang Suk-yi, who actually provided  the services and pocketed the three payments.
Leung pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud while his sister was freed after the prosecution offered no evidence against her on the same charge.
Tsang has not been charged.
The offence came to light after a complaint to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that led to the arrest of the Leungs in October last year.
The 34-year-old disc jockey was freed on HK$5,000 bail and will return to court for sentencing on November 7 pending a background and community service order report.
Leung, dressed in a dark suit, left Kowloon City Court without making any comment on the case.
RTHK deputy director Tai Keen-man  was also in court but refused to comment.
Leung's plea marked the first result from a graft investigation conducted last year that led to the arrest and questioning of a number of RTHK staff.
A senior programming officer and another disc jockey appeared in court on Monday  on fraud and theft charges relating to alleged bogus claims in 2001 and 2002.
Leung, who was on contract to the broadcaster, hosted the popular radio game show Gameboy Roland in 2001.
Tsang, a regular freelancer of RTHK, had earlier been providing scriptwriting and research works for the show under her own name.
Defence barrister Gary Plowman  told the court that the case was 'unusual' as the claim forms were not submitted or completed by Leung, who made the misrepresentation 'to accommodate the request by Tsang'.
He said the bogus claims were done 'for the benefit for Tsang more than for the defendant and the Leungs did not benefit in any way'.
Leung started working at RTHK as a DJ in 1991 after being scouted at a contest organised by the station. He is now on leave from his radio  job including his headline show, King of Kings, a weekday show profiling people working in various careers.
RTHK now requires completion and approval of a complex contract request form before a freelancer can start work.



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