[Xu Shiren's case] Xu Shiren expected to serve a total of five years in prison after his sentence was released on December 18

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Written by: Wei Jingquan

2019-11-30 09:45

Former Chief Secretary for Administration, Xu Shiren, received a case from Sun Hung Kai Real Estate to provide benefits before and after taking office. He was sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison at the end of December 2014. It is understood that he has behaved well in prison according to the "Prison Rules" and was sentenced to one-third reduction. It is expected that he will be released from prison on the 18th next month. The corruption case of a senior official who once caused a sensation in Hong Kong. The Court of Final Appeal issued a 49-page verdict in June 2017. The verdict mentioned that the so-called harm to the public was that public officials trapped themselves in the "golden shackles". The other three criminal defendants included Guo Bingjiang Guan Xiongsheng and Chen Juyuan have already served their sentences. Guo Bingjiang and Xu Shiren were seized by the government after the ultimate defeat. Xu Shiren was the last person in the case to be freed again.

Former Chief Secretary for Administration Xu Shiren was deprived of the Grand Bauhinia Medal for corruption in Xindi. (Photo / Photo by Yu Junliang)

The case was called Century Corruption. Former Chief Secretary for Administration Xu Shiren was the first senior official to commit corruption after the return of Hong Kong. The case stated that before Xu Shiren took up the post of Chief Secretary for Administration in 2005 and stepped down as Chief Secretary in 2007, he then served as Co-Chairmen of the SHKP, Guo Bingjiang and Guo Binglian, through the former SHKP Executive Director Chen Juyuan and the former Senior Vice President of Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Guan Xiongsheng Received benefits of $ 8.5 million and $ 11.18 million, as well as rent-free rental of Leighton Hill luxury homes. In the end, only Guo Binglian pleaded guilty and continued to control Xindi.

The hearing revealed that Xu Shiren's life was luxurious, including confessing that he spent more than 2 million yuan to buy records within a few years, and the wine collection also spent about 7 to 8 million yuan. Xu Shiren gave a gift of about 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars to "Shanghai Little Three" Shen Lina, purchased thousands of square feet of property in Shanghai and Audi sports cars, and gifted gifts such as handbags and watches.

The case was heard in the High Court in May 2014. The defendants (from left) were Xu Shiren, Guo Bingjiang, Chen Juyuan, and Guan Xiongsheng. (Profile picture)

When Judge Mak Chi-chi read the sentence, he allowed Shiren to be “respected” and “outstanding in intelligence”, and contributed a lot to the history of Hong Kong. If it were not for this case, it would be one of the best Chief Secretary for Administration in recent years. Deceived by desire, disobeying his duties, he ended in a tragedy. In this corruption case that was intertwined with the core of the political and business power of Hong Kong, the Court of Final Appeal issued a 49-page verdict in June 2017, which upheld the four-person verdict. The verdict mentioned that the so-called harm to the public was that public officials trapped themselves in the "golden shackles" ", Preventing their ability to move freely, so that public officials cannot serve in good faith with fearlessness, and their independence is completely weakened.

In addition to Xu Shiren, the other three have been sentenced to full freedom, including Guo Bingjiang released from prison in March this year. Guan Xiongsheng, a former senior vice president of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange who was sentenced to 5 years in prison, was released early in April last year because of good behavior in prison and was deducted by one-third of his sentence. The condition worsened, and he was released two months earlier with amnesty and released from prison last October.

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