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A former PCCW general manager was jailed for 20 months yesterday for awarding HK$53 million worth of contracts to companies he owned through his wife and friends.
Hui Chuen-kit, 41, earlier pleaded guilty in the District Court to four counts of fraud and one of conspiracy to defraud.
He claimed he  pocketed only HK$400,000 from the illegal dealings.
Judge Kwok Wai-kin said the offences were serious because  they involved a breach of trust with Hui's employer.
 He rejected Hui's  argument that he awarded the contracts to his own companies because he wanted to provide 'quality services' to the telecoms giant in a bid to maximise its profits.
'If that was the true intention, [Hui] would have declared the conflict of interests and asked the company to allow him to do so,' the judge said.
The court heard that Hui, who has a bachelor's degree in science, joined PCCW in 2001. He rose to  general manager overseeing the sales department in 2005, earning HK$85,000 a month.
Between 2005 and 2008, Hui represented PCCW four times when entering into contracts with a company owned by his wife's brother.
The court heard that he also paid a friend HK$10,000 for being the nominal director of one of his companies, responsible only for signing bank documents and contracts.
Hui also misrepresented to his supervisors that the contracts were approved by the company's legal department. 
It was company policy  that contracts involving more than HK$4 million must be approved by the legal department.
The prosecution decided not to press charges against Hui's wife, Au Yeung Lai-ha, 40, on a count of conspiracy to defraud.
4
The number of times Hui represented PCCW when entering into contracts with firms owned by his wife's brother




PCCW boss jailed over HK$53m fraud