Former top Hong Kong official and property tycoon appeal landmark graft conviction


  • World
  • Tuesday, 09 May 2017

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former senior Hong Kong official and a billionaire property tycoon arrived in court on Tuesday to appeal against a corruption charge more than two years after they were jailed in one of the city's most high profile corruption cases.

Rafael Hui, who headed the Hong Kong government civil service from 2005 to 2007, was sentenced in December 2014 to seven-and-a-half years imprisonment for several charges including misconduct in public office.

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