Linus Cheung makes public gallery appearance at Kwok brothers, Rafael Hui trial
Former high-flying telecom executive is old friends with defendant Rafael Hui Si-yan
The ongoing graft trial of the Kwok brothers and Rafael Hui Si-yan, the highest-level criminal case in Hong Kong’s history, has attracted not only scores of journalists but also former high-flying telecommunications executive Linus Cheung Wing-lam.
Arriving at the Court of First Instance on the second day of the 70-day trial, the recently low-profile Cheung, who had served in executive positions at Asia Television, PCCW and Cathay Pacific, took a seat at the public gallery specially set up outside the courtroom.
He watched on a screen hung on the wall with a simultaneous broadcast of the hearing of real estate tycoons Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, co-chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties, along with former chief secretary Hui.
“I’ve known Rafael Hui for 40 years. He’s been my friend for decades,” Cheung said.
“He was a year ahead of me when we were both studying at the University of Hong Kong. I was in the 1968 class and him 1967, as I remember.” Both he and Hui served in the university’s student union, Cheung added.
