Former HK chief remanded in custody
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FORMER Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the highest-ranking former official to be charged in the city’s history, was remanded in custody yesterday ahead of his sentencing later this week for misconduct in public office.
A jury found that Tsang failed to disclose private rental negotiations with property tycoon Bill Wong Cho-bau while his government discussed and approved a digital broadcasting licence for a now defunct radio company, Wave Media, in which Wong was a major shareholder.
Tsang, 72, is due to be sentenced tomorrow in what the judge said was unlikely to be a suspended sentence. He faces a possible seven-year sentence.
Yesterday, Tsang, in a white shirt, dark suit and trademark bow tie, entered Hong Kong’s High Court holding the hand of his wife Selina.
Scores of high-profile Hong Kong officials, including chief executive candidate John Tsang, former No.2 government official Anson Chan and ex-chief justice Wong Yan-lung, wrote letters in support of the former Hong Kong leader.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief Norman Chan said in a letter that Hong Kong would not have survived the Asia financial crisis without him.
Tsang was financial secretary at that time.
Tsang’s conviction adds to a number of scandals ensnaring powerful officials that have marred Hong Kong’s reputation as a relatively corruption-free society.
Tsang, who had a long and stellar career in diverse senior posts in the Asian financial hub, was acquitted of a second misconduct charge.
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