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Written by: Kong Fanxu
2020-10-29 18:20
Last update date: 2020-10-29 18:20
The Independent Commission Against Corruption today (29) sued a former purchasing manager of Tesco International Sourcing Limited, a multinational grocery retailer, charged with suspicion of collecting illegal commissions and loans totaling over US$770,000 (equivalent to over HK$6 million) from a supplier , And a total of approximately US$100,000 (equivalent to HK$780,000) in exempted loans to place toy orders worth more than US$26 million (equivalent to more than HK$205 million)
The defendant will appear in Kwun Tong Magistracy next Tuesday (November 3), pending the transfer of the case to the District Court for defense.
The ICAC sued a former purchasing manager of Tesco Sourcing, a multinational grocery retailer, for illegally collecting illegal commissions and loans to approve orders.
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Defendant Peng Junjian (39 years old), a former procurement manager of Tesco Sourcing, was charged with 5 counts, namely 3 counts of conspiracy to make the agent accept benefits, all of which violated Article 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Criminal Offences Ordinance and the acceptance of benefits by the two agents also violated Section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The defendant joined Tesco Sourcing in 2006 and was promoted to purchasing manager in 2015.
He is responsible for placing orders for toys and various items to suppliers for Tesco Sourcing's parent company.
The ICAC sued a former purchasing manager of Tesco Sourcing, a multinational grocery retailer, for illegally collecting illegal commissions and loans to approve orders.
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Also involved in receiving loans
The case revealed that the defendant was suspected of conspiring with the senior purchasing manager of a company related to Tesco Sourcing and the operator of a supplier between March 23, 2011 and October 21, 2014, causing the defendant to Without legal authority or reasonable excuse, the senior purchasing manager accepted an illegal commission of approximately US$500,000 (equivalent to HK$3.9 million) from the operator as an incentive or reward for placing an order with the supplier.
The other defendant is also suspected of receiving a sum of US$100,000 (equivalent to HK$780,000) from the above-mentioned operators on both occasions without legal authority or reasonable excuse on March 25, 2015 and June 1, 2017. ) Loans.
The defendant was also suspected of conspiring with 3 persons between March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2016, namely the above-mentioned senior purchasing manager and operator, and a purchasing manager of the above-mentioned Tesco Sourcing related company. Without legal authority or reasonable excuse, he received illegal commissions of approximately US$55,000 (equivalent to HK$429,000) from the operator for the same purpose, and received partial loan waivers of approximately US$55,000 (equivalent to HK$429,000).
The defendant was charged with another charge, which was suspected of conspiring with the above-mentioned purchasing manager and business operator between February 9, 2017 and January 27, 2018, without legal authority or reasonable excuse, for the same purpose. The operator accepted illegal commissions of approximately US$16,000 (equivalent to more than 124,000 Hong Kong dollars), and part of the loan was forgiven for more than US$45,000 (equivalent to more than 351,000 Hong Kong dollars).
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According to reports, Tesco Sourcing placed a total of more than US$26 million (equivalent to more than HK$205 million) in toy orders to the aforementioned suppliers from March 2011 to January 2018 due to corruption.
Tesco Sourcing referred corruption complaints to the ICAC earlier.
Tesco Sourcing, its parent company and its affiliated companies provided full assistance during the ICAC investigation.
The defendant has been granted bail by the ICAC, pending the hearing next Tuesday.
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