The directors of the “Yellow Factory” and “Hong Kong Masks” were arrested for using a fake order of 9.12 million yuan in masks

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Written by: Ling Yide

2020-12-19 10:44

Last update date: 2020-12-19 10:46

Yesterday (18th) the police arrested 5 men and women who were suspected of using four different companies to play the role of mask equipment supplier, raw material supplier, mask manufacturer and local distributor of masks between March and November this year. Manufactured false documents, falsely claiming that the cost of masks was 2.28 yuan each, provided 10 million masks to the government, and conspired to defraud the government's "Local Mask Production Subsidy Program" to grant 9.12 million.

It is understood that one arrested man surnamed Luo is the owner of the yellow factory "Yellow Factory" business register; another arrested woman surnamed Zhu is a registered director of a company responsible for the production of "Hong Kong masks."

"Yellow Factory" issued a statement on November 18, stating that it has no intention of violating the national security law, and the Causeway Bay and Mong Kok stores have temporarily suspended operations, and the order pages have also been suspended.

The mask manufacturer "Yellow Factory" issued a statement earlier: no intention to violate the national security law

According to the data, the local mask manufacturer "Yellow Factory" supports the anti-revision movement. The company has a clear goal to support the "Yellow Economic Circle". The masks it produces are printed with "FDNOL", which means "the five major demands, one is indispensable." "The word.

However, in recent months, the company was alleged by Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po that it had violated the National Security Law. The "Huang Factory" subsequently issued a statement on November 18, saying that it had no intention to violate the National Security Law, but for the sake of employees and customers. The stores in Causeway Bay and Mong Kok have temporarily suspended operations, and the order pages have also been suspended.

The introduction of another webpage of "Masks for Hong Kong People" stated that the company is "composed of people who love Hong Kong from all walks of life, including export, retail, retirees, teachers, and even housewives."

According to the content, the company finally successfully formed a "Hong Kong people mask" production line after more than two months of preparation and officially put it into production.

The company aims to operate as a "half-social enterprise". Apart from selling masks, it also hopes to distribute them to social welfare organizations and disadvantaged groups for free in the future.

The webpage introduction of "Masks for Hong Kong People" stated that the company was "composed of people who love Hong Kong from all walks of life, including export, retail, retirees, teachers, and even housewives."

According to the government's "Local Mask Production Subsidy Scheme", local mask manufacturers must provide the government with 2 million masks a month at cost when applying, and the remaining masks must also be sold to local sellers.

The government purchased 10 million masks from the mask company involved. The mask company reported that the average price of a mask was 2.28 yuan. That is to say, the government had paid for the 4 million masks produced in the first two months and the total amount of subsidy was 9.12 million, but the actual price of the masks And the source is still under investigation.

Raw material company has no purchase record and bank has no transaction record

The police investigation found that the directors of three of the companies were both employers and employees of the same company. The raw material company had no record of purchasing raw materials, and the bank records did not show any transaction records with the mask manufacturing company.

The police also discovered that some of the receipts and delivery notes of local distributors were earlier than the date of establishment of the company and the date of the reported address, and the addresses of some of the receipts were incomplete.

Yesterday (18th), members of the Wealth Investigation Team took an arrest operation and arrested 3 female and 2 male directors of the mask company for "conspiracy to defraud", aged between 28 and 51.

They are still being detained for investigation.

The police do not rule out that more people will be arrested later.

According to the HKPC website, the government is currently funding 20 local production lines.

When the Bureau of Commerce and Economic Affairs, which is responsible for approving funding applications, responded to media enquiries, it did not respond to the whereabouts of the masks involved. It only pointed out that the police had taken arrests. It is not convenient to comment on the details of the case at this stage.

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