Ex-Hong Kong deputy economic development secretary and Airport Authority boss charged with two counts of bribery over HK$510,000 property deal
Former Hong Kong Express Airways director Chan Ung-iok also charged in connection with 2004 payment made when Wilson Fung, husband of high-ranking official Betty Fung, was responsible for air traffic rights
A former deputy secretary who is the husband of a high-ranking Hong Kong official was charged with bribery on Friday for allegedly accepting HK$510,000 (US$65,000) from a Macau businesswoman who is a sister-in-law of gaming tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun.
Wilson Fung Wing-yip, 55, the former deputy secretary for economic development and labour, faces two charges of accepting an advantage after the city’s anti-corruption agency accused him of taking the money from Chan Ung-iok in 2004.
The husband of Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, the head of the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office, Wilson Fung was said to have received half a million dollars from Chan, 62, who at the time was director and shareholder of Helicopters Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Express Airways Limited and Heli Express Limited.
According to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Wilson Fung, who was also the head of the Aviation Division of the Economic Development and Labour Bureau in 2004, was responsible for air service negotiations, designation of carriers and allocation of air traffic rights.
He is still the executive director of the Airport Authority’s Corporate Development, a post he has held since August 2010. On Friday, the authority suspended Wilson Fung with immediate effect.