Published: 4:05pm, 5 Sep 2024Updated: 4:10pm, 5 Sep 2024
A former principal manager of Hong Kong’s Airport Authority has admitted to accepting HK$3.3 million (US$423,200) in bribes from two subcontractors of the billion-dollar third runway project as well as handling more than HK$5.6 million in illegal proceeds.
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Ricky Lee Wing-fai, 49, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy for a public servant to accept an advantage and six of money laundering before a District Court judge on Thursday.
His wife Diana Chan Kok-tan, 46, who initially faced four counts of money laundering for allegedly dealing with Lee’s ill-gotten gains, was granted unconditional discharge after prosecutors decided not to submit any evidence in support of her conviction.
The airport’s HK$141.5 billion expansion project started in 2016 after facing controversy over its environmental impact.
It includes a new 3.8km (2.3 mile) runway that came into service in 2022, a second terminal building opposite the present one, as well as another concourse.