Prosecutors called yesterday for a magistrate to review his verdict acquitting a policeman accused of lying about holding a wedding reception to claim a HK$180,000 loan from the Police Credit Union.
Former constable Chow Ho-ming, 32, was found not guilty in October of one count of fraud for submitting an application for the special loan from the Hong Kong Police Credit Union on April 20, 2006, in which he claimed he was planning to hold a wedding reception on June 13, 2006. He also allegedly submitted an invoice from a restaurant specialising in funeral events as proof.
He appeared before Magistrate Ronald Cheung Wai-tat in Kowloon City Court yesterday to hear the prosecution submit an application for review. Mr Cheung adjourned the case to March 19 for a decision.
Mr Cheung earlier acquitted Chow because the court did not know whether the Credit Union's credit committee members who approved Chow's application had been aware that the information he provided might have been false.
The union's credit committee relied on the application as a basis for considering loan applications, the prosecution said yesterday.
But Chow had concealed from the credit union applications for three bank loans.
