New | Former Sinopec consultant accused of taking HK$600,000 bribe and possessing Ice, Ecstasy

A former consultant of a petroleum company, accused of accepting bribes totalling HK$600,000 and possessing illegal drugs, will appear in Eastern Court this afternoon after being charged by Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency.

Zhang Guoqiang, 64, was a consultant for Sinopec (Hong Kong) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of listed company China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (CPCC), one of the world’s biggest firms by revenue.

Zhang will face one count of accepting an advantage, two counts of possession of dangerous drugs and two counts of possession of poisons.

At the time of the alleged offences, the defendant was advising Sinopec (Hong Kong) in relation to its business and affairs, according to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

“One of the charges alleges that the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, accepted HK$600,000 from an operator of an investment company as reward for having shown favour to the operator and a petroleum transportation company in relation to Sinopec’s business,” the ICAC said in a statement.

Two other charges accuse the defendant of having in his possession dangerous drugs, namely 0.06g of Ice and 0.09g of ecstasy.