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Alvin Lum

Emma Kazaryan

Many remember Ho picking an ominous Kau Chim fortune stick during Lunar New Year 2003, the year of Sars. He went to the US to study music, but became a prominent eye surgeon instead, with a stint at Harvard.
Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping has now been found guilty by a federal jury in New York of offering millions of dollars in bribes to African officials, and now faces jail time in the United States.


Orignal story by Alvin Lum and Emma Kazaryan
The colourful life of Patrick Ho before he was embroiled in bribery scandal
Read by Brian Peach


Podcast: the colourful life of Patrick Ho before being embroiled in a bribery scandal - SCMP Long Reads

In this July 2015, file photo, Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho, former Hong Kong home secretary, deputy chairman of an non-governmental organization funded by CEFC China Energy poses during an interview in Hong Kong. Photo: AP

Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping convicted in US court on 7 of 8 counts in bribery and money-laundering case

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In this courtroom sketch, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Hayden points at defendant, Hong Kong businessman Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho, seated far left, during opening statements, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in New York, as Judge Loretta Preska presides at Manhattan Federal Court. Federal prosecutors told the jury that greed motivated Ho to line the pockets of high-ranking officials in two African nations...bribes intended to land lucrative business deals, including oil rights, for a Chinese energy conglomerate. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

FILE - In this July 2015, file photo, Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho, former Hong Kong home secretary, deputy chairman of an non-governmental organization funded by CEFC China Energy poses during an interview in Hong Kong. Jury selection starts Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in New York for the prominent Hong Kong businessman's bribery trial. Ho was arrested in 2017 on charges he paid bribes so a Chinese energy conglomerate could secure business advantages. (AP Photo/File)

Patrick Ho (second from left), depicted in a courtroom sketch, during his trial in New York. Image: Elizabeth Williams via AP

Corruption in China

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