Hong Kong former official, property tycoon guilty in graft case


By Yimou LeeLizzie Ko
  • World
  • Friday, 19 Dec 2014

Hong Kong's former chief secretary Rafael Hui leaves during a lunch break at the High Court in Hong Kong December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former top Hong Kong civil servant was found guilty on Friday of accepting HK$8.5 million (702,931 pounds) in bribes from executives of property developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, in the city's highest profile corruption case.

The jury of six women and three men reached their verdicts after deliberating for five days following a trial that exposed the cozy relationship between the city's powerful developers and government in the former British colony.

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