Patrick HoMaisy MokFormer secretary for home affairs Patrick Ho Chi-ping was released early from jail yesterday after serving a three-year sentence for bribery in New York. Ho was a well-known ophthalmologist and served as home affairs secretary between 2002 and 2007, when Tung Chee-hwa and Donald Tsang Yam-kuen were chief executives. "The Immigration Department does not comment on individual cases," a Hong Kong Immigration Department spokesman said when asked about Ho's repatriation. In December 2014, Ho and CEFC China executives offered the president of Chad, Idriss Deby, US$2 million in cash - hidden in several gift boxes - to acquire oil rights. Kutesa steered a bank acquisition opportunity to CEFC China.

Source: The Standard June 08, 2020 19:07 UTC