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JULIE CHU

A District Court judge yesterday issued an arrest warrant for tunnel management company boss Victor Leung Yau-wing after he learned that Leung had crossed the border when he should have been in court.
The accused, who is facing a bribery charge, sent a text message to his wife telling her to "take care" after he had left home in the morning.
Leung, 66, is charged with being an agent soliciting a HK$6 million bribe from another tunnel management firm on July 10 last year, when he was an assistant general manager of Greater Lucky (HK), which runs the Kai Tak and Lion's Rock tunnels.
The trial was scheduled to be heard in the District Court at 9.30am yesterday and was expected to last for four days but Leung did not show up.
His lawyers said they could not contact him.
Judge Amanda Woodcock adjourned the case to 11.30am but Leung still failed to appear.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption also sent officers to Leung's home in Prince Edward.
His family told the officers Leung had left home earlier in the morning, saying he was going to court.
When the ICAC officers checked with the Immigration Department, they found Leung had crossed the Lo Wu checkpoint for the mainland at 9.34am yesterday.
Judge Woodcock then issued a warrant of arrest for Leung and forfeited his bail of HK$50,000.
According to the charge, Leung was accused of soliciting from Serco Group 1.5 per cent of the value of a tunnel management contract.
He allegedly requested the money as a reward for delaying the contract signing between Greater Lucky and the Transport Department.
The contract was for the management, operation and maintenance of the Kai Tak and Lion Rock tunnels, valued at HK$400 million. Serco Group was the previous manager of the two tunnels and its contract with the department ended in July last year.
Leung was charged in May this year and was allowed bail of HK$50,000, but there was no restriction on him leaving Hong Kong.
 


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