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HKU Professor Charged in HK$2.2M Bribery Scheme Linked to IT Education Contracts

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An associate professor at the University of Hong Kong, Gary Wong Ka-wai, has been charged with accepting bribes totaling HK$2.2 million. The Independent Commission Against Corruption alleges Wong conspired to accept advantages in exchange for awarding seven IT education service contracts to a vendor. The alleged scheme, which also involves the vendor's director Huen Man-ho and others, spanned from August 2023 to June 2026 and involved purchase orders exceeding HK$10 million. AI

RANK_REASON This is a legal case involving bribery and fraud related to IT education contracts, not a core AI development or release.

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Leopold Chen ·

    HKU professor charged over HK$2.2m bribery linked to IT education contracts

    An associate professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been charged by the corruption watchdog for allegedly receiving HK$2.2 million (US$280,500) in bribes in return for awarding seven procurement contracts for information technology education services to a vendor. The …

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