ICAC sues fishery and Conservation Department inspectors for using false documents to mislead superiors and falsely claim that witnesses are unwilling to give evidence

The Independent Commission Against Corruption today (1st) sued an Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's second-level agricultural and forestry inspector for allegedly using false internal documents to mislead the AFCD and obstructing justice in four cases of stray dogs.

The defendant was granted bail by the ICAC, pending a plea in the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts this Friday (3rd).

The Independent Commission Against Corruption today (1st) sued an Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's second-level agricultural and forestry inspector for allegedly using false internal documents to mislead the AFCD and obstructing justice in four cases of stray dogs.

(Information Picture/Photo by Huang Baoying)

The defendant Li Qidi (48 years old) was charged with a total of 12 counts, namely eight counts of agent using documents with intent to deceive his principal, violating section 9(3) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance; and four counts of inclination and intent to obstruct Judicial justice violates common law.

The above-mentioned suspected crimes occurred from June 26, 2018 to February 27, 2019.

At the time of the case, the defendant was a secondary agricultural and forestry inspector of the Fisheries and Conservation Department and was stationed at the Kowloon Animal Management Center.

According to the Rabies Ordinance, it is an offence to keep a dog in a public place if the dog is not brought or controlled by other means in a public place.

The above-mentioned center is responsible for managing stray dogs and related criminal investigations to determine whether to prosecute dog owners for the crime.

The staff of the center responsible for the investigation must complete the "Information for Possible Prosecution (for stray dogs)" form (prosecution form).

The ICAC pointed out that the four people defrauded Orbis of 6.4 million yuan in photocopying and design orders, and sentenced to a maximum of 28 months in prison (data picture)

Suspected intent to obstruct justice

When a citizen delivers a stray dog ​​to the center, he/she must fill in the "Citizen to submit a stray animal record" form (animal form) and indicate on the form whether he/she is willing to give evidence in court for prosecuting the dog keeper.

Among the eight charges, the defendant allegedly used four animal forms and four prosecution forms to mislead the AFCD with intent to deceive his principal, and the relevant forms contained false or misrepresentation, that is, four citizens handed over four stray animals Dogs, and they are unwilling to testify as prosecution witnesses.

The remaining charge is that the defendant allegedly committed an act or a series of acts that tended to obstruct justice with the intent to obstruct justice.

The defendant allegedly falsely stated to two superiors that the four citizens were unwilling to be prosecution witnesses in the above-mentioned stray dog ​​case, and suggested to the two superiors not to prosecute the case.

The AFCD provides full assistance during the investigation of the ICAC.

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