Former Hong Kong government official Wilson Fung leaves Airport Authority as bribery trial looms
Former deputy secretary for economic development and labour accused of accepting HK$510,000 from Macau businesswoman
A former senior government official facing bribery charges concerning hundreds of thousands of dollars has left the Hong Kong Airport Authority, it was revealed on Tuesday.
An authority spokesman gave scant details of Wilson Fung Wing-yip’s departure.
“Mr Wilson Fung has left the service of the Airport Authority,” he said. The authority refused to say when it would seek a replacement.
Fung, 55, was executive director of the authority’s corporate development branch from August 2010. He was suspended on August 31 this year, when the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) charged him with bribery and misconduct in public office.
The ICAC alleged that in 2014, when he was deputy secretary for economic development and labour, Fung had “without lawful authority or reasonable excuse” accepted HK$510,000 (US$65,300) from Chan Ung-iok, a Macau businesswoman.