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Wang Baiyu and Li Xuanlang involved in 4.89 million false documents to defraud public money and found imitation firearms at Wang's residence

2020-11-22T18:10:26.314Z


Yuen Long District Councillor Wang Baiyu and Kowloon City District Councillor Li Xuanlong formed a team in September this year to elect the "Super District Council" seats in the Legislative Council. They then applied to the Registration and Electoral Office for a grant of 4.89 million yuan, including the creation company "UM


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Written by: Li Jingshan, Yang Jialang, Yu Ruijing, Chen Kangzhi

2020-11-22 15:46

Last update date: 2020-11-22 18:13

Yuen Long District Councillor Wang Baiyu and Kowloon City District Councillor Li Xuanlong formed a team in September this year to elect the "Super District Council" seats in the Legislative Council. Later, they applied to the Registration and Electoral Office for a grant of 4.89 million yuan, including the creation company "U Made This" is a donation worth 4.5 million yuan.

Wang, Li and Chen Ziqian, the former director of the company, were arrested by the police this morning (22nd) on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud.

The police seized a large number of imitation weapons at Wang's residence, including 25 imitation guns. He was also arrested for possession of imitation firearms and ammunition.

The police stated that the two candidates submitted false quotations and receipts to the Registration and Electoral Office to falsely report election expenses and defraud the government of money. They also alleged that the amount of the project or the case was large and exceeded the budget.

At 3:48 pm on Sunday, Wang Baiyu was escorted by several police officers to the office of the Member of Parliament, Hang Li Building, Tianheng Village for search.

(Photo by Yang Jialang)

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The Superintendent of the Police Commercial Crime Investigation Division, Ye Yonglin, said that the police had received reports from members of the public that during the general election of the Legislative Council this year, some candidates were suspected of submitting false information and falsely reporting their election expenses in order to deceive government election funding.

After investigation by commercial crime investigators, three men, aged between 26 and 29, were arrested today on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, including two election candidates and a former director of the company.

Reported that it accepted a donation worth RMB 4.5 million from a former director of a company and provided false documents to the Registration and Electoral Office to obtain funding by fraud

Ye Yonglin said that the two candidates were suspected of submitting election declarations to the Registration and Electoral Office, reporting that they had accepted a donation worth RMB 4.5 million from the former director of the company. The candidates subsequently applied for 4.89 million yuan in funding from the Registration and Electoral Office.

According to the law, the government will reimburse candidates in full, including donations.

The police have reason to believe that the three arrested persons conspired to produce false documents, including quotations and receipts, to falsely report election expenses and defraud government money.

The relevant candidates are in the declaration and claim stage and have not obtained government funding. Police investigations have targeted them for providing false documents for fraudulent purposes.

Warning that the declared project exceeds the budget

Ye Yonglin said that an in-depth investigation into the incident revealed that the amount of the project or case declared by the person concerned was large and exceeded the budget.

When asked by the police to set budgets for various projects such as image guidance, Ye Yonglin responded that the investigation is still in progress and will enter the judicial stage, and it is inconvenient to disclose evidence and the direction of the investigation.

Wang Baiyu's home inspection of imitation weapons includes 25 imitation guns

Ye Yonglin said that a batch of documents, computers and laptops were seized during the arrest operation today. At the same time, a large number of imitation weapons were seized from the home of one of the 29-year-old arrested persons, including a batch of imitation guns (8 long guns and 17 pistols) and imitation ammunition. And 1 bow. The arrested person was also arrested for possession of imitation firearms and ammunition.

The case is still under investigation and more people are not ruled out.

It is reported that the police seized weapons at Wang Baiyu's home.

According to the public election expenses declaration of the Registration and Electoral Office, the expenditure ceiling for the functional constituency of the District Council (2), commonly known as the "Super District Council", has been increased from RMB 6.936 million in the previous term to RMB 7.602 million.

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