"Hong Kong 01" received news that China Evergrande Group (3333) delivered a five-star hotel fruit basket worth at least 3,000 yuan to the door of two residences at the immigration department last Christmas and Mid-Autumn Festival this year.
The two are Guo Junfeng, Deputy Director of Immigration, and Wang Qi, Chief Immigration Officer (Visa Control) of Immigration Department.
In response to media enquiries, the Immigration Department stated that the Department will follow up seriously.
The reporter went to the Shangri-La Hotel on Hong Kong Island and found that the same fruit basket was priced at 3388 yuan.
(Photo by Hong Kong 01 reporter)
01 The reporter consulted Evergrande’s gift documents with photos and addresses of senior officials’ residences
The reporter has checked the internal documents of Evergrande, including the address and photos of the residences of the senior immigration department, as well as the photos of the fruit basket.
According to news, Evergrande has sent someone to deliver gifts to the door of the residence of senior officials.
The fruit basket was written with "Guo Chu" and "Wang Qi" respectively. "Guo Chu" was written in simplified Chinese characters. Wang Qi was the full name of the Immigration Department's Chief Immigration Officer. After the reporter checked the information, "Guo Chu" It is Guo Junfeng, who was just promoted to Deputy Director of the Immigration Department at the end of September this year.
The two residences were located in senior civil servants' dormitories in Fo Tan and Hong Kong Island. The reporter visited the scene and found that the scene matched the photo of the gift basket.
Evergrande delivered the Christmas and Mid-Autumn Festival fruit baskets to the gates of high-rise residential buildings at the Immigration Department.
(Photo by Hong Kong 01 reporter)
Island Shangri-La Hotel, the same fruit basket RMB 3388
According to the documents and pictures reviewed by "Hong Kong 01", the fruit basket is a gift basket launched by Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong Island during Christmas last year. It includes English tea, French red wine and white wine. The price ranges from 2,088 yuan to 8,888 yuan. The most expensive fruit baskets include white truffle sauce and champagne.
However, the reporter could not identify all the items from the photos and infer the actual price of the fruit basket.
By the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, Evergrande Group also ordered a fruit basket "Biyue Gift Basket" at the Shangri-La Hotel on Hong Kong Island and delivered it to the residences of two senior immigration officials.
A reporter from "Hong Kong 01" went to the Shangri-La Hotel on Hong Kong Island and saw the "Biyue Gift Basket" priced at RMB 3,388, including 4 pieces of summer palace double yellow and white lotus paste mooncakes, abalone, conch and agaricus gift box, Veuve Clicquot champagne and Chinese tea and so on.
When the hotel staff responded to inquiries, they pointed out that the cheapest price for the gift basket was RMB 3,388. If you add other items to the fruit basket, the price will be charged based on the price of the relevant item.
A reporter from "Hong Kong 01" approached the Immigration Department for inquiries and is awaiting reply.
In response to media enquiries, the Immigration Department stated that it will follow up the incident seriously and always attaches great importance to the conduct of personnel. If any illegal or improper behavior is found, it will be dealt with in accordance with relevant laws and established procedures.
Guo Junfeng (left) was promoted to Deputy Director of the Immigration Department on September 29, replacing Deputy Director Emeritus Chen Tianci (right).
The government stipulates that you can receive a gift of up to 250 yuan
According to Article 3 of the "Prevention of Road Bribery Ordinance," any prescribed personnel (including all civil servants) soliciting or accepting any benefits without the chief's general or special permission is a crime.
In order to enforce this law, the Chief Executive promulgated the "Acceptance of Benefits (Chief Executive's Permission) Notice" stating that all prescribed persons can only receive gifts of up to $1,500 on special occasions (such as birthdays), or up to $250 for gifts on other occasions.
If you accept personal and friendly gifts on special occasions, the upper limit is 3,000 yuan.
If the upper limit is exceeded, special approval from the authorities is required.
The legal notice states that special occasions are the marriage, birthday, retirement, or any other occasions traditionally used to give or exchange gifts for the civil servants concerned, and do not include festivals such as Mid-Autumn Festival or Christmas.
In addition, according to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, if anyone provides any benefit to any public official without reasonable excuse as an inducement or remuneration for the public official to do or not to do any act performed in his capacity as a public official, it is possible Convicted of the crime of "providing benefits to public officials."
It is known that the list of famous wine inventory for Evergrande Banquets includes hundreds to thousands of yuan to red wine and white wine, and tens of thousands of yuan of spirits. When the company executives attend a dinner party, they will bring precious wines to the banquet.
Guo Junfeng was promoted to Deputy Director of the Immigration Department in September 2021.
(Immigration Department website)
Guo Junfeng was promoted to Deputy Director in September this year
Guo Junfeng was promoted to Deputy Director of Immigration in September this year. He was previously Assistant Director (Control). He was mainly responsible for implementing immigration control at border immigration control points, including intercepting wanted criminals and unpopular persons, and denying them entry.
Guo Junfeng participated in the "Jinggangshan National Conditions Seminar" in 2010, and in 2012 he led a delegation to participate in the "Hong Kong Immigration Department's Eighteenth Seminar to the Mainland" in the Public Security University and in 2016, he participated in the "Second Hong Kong Disciplinary Service Advanced Class of the National School of Administration". National Policy Seminar for Managers".
Wang Qi is the Chief Immigration Officer of the Immigration Department.
The Chief Immigration Officer Wang Qi (Visa Control) served as the Chief Immigration Officer in the Immigration Section of the Beijing Office.
He attended and delivered a speech at the closing ceremony of the "Comprehensive Training Course on Diplomatic Knowledge for Officials of the Hong Kong Immigration Department" organized by the China Foreign Affairs University.
The training course aims to strengthen the exchanges between officials and the immigration authorities in the Mainland, and to deepen their understanding of the political, economic and diplomatic aspects of Mainland China.
Senior officials violated the gathering restriction order, "Hong Kong 01" found that the person involved in the attempted rape was Chen Fen, a senior member of Evergrande Hong Kong.
The Deputy Director of the Security Bureau, Ou Zhiguang, the Director of Immigration, Ou Jiahong, and the Commissioner of Customs, Deng Yihai attended the meeting.
(Hong Kong 01 drawing)
Several senior officials of the disciplinary forces attended the Evergrande dinner in March
Director of Immigration Ou Jiahong, Director of Customs Deng Yihai, and Deputy Director of the Security Bureau Ou Zhiguang attended the dinner at a high-level private club on March 2 and were fined for violating the gathering restriction order.
"Hong Kong 01" later revealed that Chen Fen, the deputy general manager of Evergrande Group in Hong Kong who was present, was arrested at the China Evergrande Center in Wan Chai on the 4th for "attempt to rape" a lady who attended the dinner. Caused widespread concern.
After the incident was revealed, the Security Bureau issued a press release on the 9th to respond, acknowledging the negligence and lack of sensitivity of the three officials, and apologized for the incident. However, the three senior officials involved have not publicly responded to the incident for many days, nor have they disclosed other attendance. The name of the dinner party.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was further questioned by the media on the 13th. She said that the three had already assumed legal responsibility and that the incident did not involve other violations, hoping that the incident would come to an end.
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