20 Aug 2004
HKSAR v. SIU MAN KIT
- Citation
- HKSAR v. SIU MAN KIT
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1128/2003
On the evidence the magistrate was entitled to infer that the appellant's words amounted to an offer of $30,000 for the benefit of the supervising engineer; the appellant's admissions in the videotaped interview established intention that the sum be paid as a reward or to secure extra favours, satisfying s2(2)(a) and the inducement element of s9; thus conviction was upheld; on sentence the court reduced the custodial term from seven months to nine weeks taking a lower starting point reflecting the single unaccepted offer, no payment, lesser gravity than comparable multi-count corruption cases…