The trial of TVB top executive Stephen Chan Chi-wan heard yesterday that he would never have broken the law for the mere HK$112,000 he allegedly pocketed.
'Mr Chan is a public figure. Will he knowingly break the law? Would he have broken the law for merely HK$112,000? We say no,' said Wong Ching-yue SC, lawyer for Chan's former personal assistant and co-defendant Edthancy Tseng Pei-kun.
And marketing chief Wilson Chan Wing-shuen, a third defendant, was a man of good character who would never have cheated the television station where he worked for 33 years, said his lawyer, Osmond Lam Kwok-fai.
The claims came as the defence lawyers finished their final submissions in the District Court.
Stephen Chan, 51, is accused of conspiring with Tseng, 28, to accept a 'secret commission' of HK$112,000 from a shopping mall for hosting a show bringing in the 2010 New Year.
The prosecution argued it was illegal for Chan to receive the money because the show was produced by TVB and Chan had failed to obtain the broadcaster's prior consent.