HK$350,000 ‘in actual notes’ deposited in Donald Tsang’s wife’s account, prosecution reveals
Money was withdrawn half an hour before from Bank of East Asia chairman David Li’s account, court hears
A HK$350,000 bundle of cash withdrawn from the account of Bank of East Asia chairman David Li Kwok-po formed part of a larger payment in yuan that a former Hong Kong leader made to a media boss he is accused of accepting an advantage from, a jury heard on Thursday.
During Tsang’s trial on charges of misconduct in public office and accepting an advantage as chief executive – all of which he denies – prosecuting David Perry QC also described a 2012 tenancy agreement for the luxury Shenzhen property at the centre of the trial as a “smoke screen’’.
Perry told the court the money was withdrawn from Li’s account at the Central branch of the bank at 9.20am on July 16, 2010.
“As a matter of pure common sense and ordinary inference, the prosecution say there’s a clear connection,” Perry said.