Ex-Hong Kong deputy economic development secretary in court with Macau businesswoman for flat-swapping deal

Both Wilson Fung Wing-yip and Chan Ung-iok released on bail as court documents reveal prosecutors have enlisted 14 witnesses, including eight civilians, and gathered 1,445 pages of documentary exhibits

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Wilson Fung Wing-yip (centre) appearing at Eastern Court in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: Edmond So

Published: 12:44pm, 4 Sep 2018Updated: 11:00pm, 4 Sep 2018

A former deputy secretary who is the husband of a high-ranking Hong Kong official on Tuesday made his first court appearance alongside a Macau businesswoman after they were charged over a flat-swapping deal.

Wilson Fung Wing-yip, 55, the former deputy secretary for economic development and labour, stood rubbing his fingers as he heard the allegations against him at Eastern Court.

Fung, a former government official, is charged with a count of a public servant accepting an advantage and another of misconduct in public office. Photo: Edmond So

The husband of Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, the head of the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office, Fung has been charged with one count of a public servant accepting an advantage and another of misconduct in public office.

Beside him stood Chan Ung-iok, 62, sister-in-law of gaming tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun, accused of offering an advantage to a public servant.

Prosecutors allege the HK$510,000 Wilson Fung received was to be the initial deposit money for his purchase of a property at One Robinson Place in Mid-Levels. Photo: Handout