Mystery benefactor paid hotel bill for Donald Tsang’s bodyguard, bribery trial hears
Government has no record of who paid for the hotel rooms in Barcelona and London
A mystery friend paid Donald Tsang Yam-kuen’s bodyguard’s hotel bills while he protected the then chief executive on a private trip to Europe in 2010, Tsang’s bribery trial heard on Tuesday.
The Chief Executive’s Office had no record of who the benefactor was.
Prosecutor David Perry QC told the High Court Tsang went on holiday to Barcelona and London between July 29 and August 7, 2010.
But, he said, the bodyguard, “Mr Wong”, was staying at a hotel that cost more than Tsang’s office would pay for his accommodation. So a friend of Tsang’s covered the bodyguard’s bill, which came to HK$24,092.
Perry said the friend paid for three nights in a standard room at the Hotel Arts Barcelona, which charges HK$2,632 per night, and four nights at The Berkeley, in London, costing HK$4,049 per night.