"Hong Kong 01" reported on Tuesday (7th) that Evergrande delivered a fruit basket priced at 3,388 yuan to the residence of Guo Junfeng, Deputy Director of Immigration, and Wang Qi, Chief Immigration Officer of Immigration Department.
The Secretary for Security Deng Pingqiang responded to the incident when he attended the event on Wednesday (8th), saying that the relevant officials had explained that the Immigration Department would investigate and discuss it after the results were released.
In response to media enquiries, two senior officials of the Immigration Department pointed out that Huang Xiangui, the executive director of Evergrande and the general manager of the Hong Kong company who gave the gift, was a "personal friendly" or "good friend". They also checked the price of the fruit basket online. At RMB 3,000, it is believed that there is no official business relationship or conflict of interest, so there is no declaration of the gift.
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The reporter asked that the fruit basket was worth more than 3,000 yuan, but the official explained that after deducting the discount, it was worth more than 2,000 yuan. Is this explanation appropriate?
Deng Bingqiang just replied.
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)
The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" once checked the internal documents of Evergrande. There are the addresses and photos of two senior executives of the Immigration Department. There are also photos of the fruit basket of the Shangri-La Hotel on Hong Kong Island. The reporter visited the Shangri-La Hotel during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Yuan.
"Hong Kong 01" has inquired about the incident with the Immigration Department, but has not received a reply so far.
The Immigration Department pointed out in response to the "Stance News" enquiry that it would follow up seriously and stated that the two had reported the incident to the Director of Immigration.
The Secretary for Security Deng Pingqiang responded to the case of the Evergrande fruit basket being received by a senior immigration officer on December 8.
(Photo by Hu Jiaxin)
Guo Junfeng: There is an early bird discount in the friendly fruit basket with the executive director of Evergrande, no declaration is required
In response to “Stance News” inquiries, Guo Junfeng pointed out that he had known the executive director of Evergrande and the general manager of the Hong Kong company Huang Xiangui for many years and was a "personal friendship." "Bird Discount" is believed to be worth no more than 3,000 yuan.
He claimed that he had personal and friendly relations with the yellow family and had no official contacts, so he did not report to the Director of Immigration.
Wang Qi: "Good friends" with Huang Xiangui, the online price of the fruit basket is not more than 3,000 yuan, no declaration
In response to the "Stance News" inquiry, Wang Qi pointed out that he is a "good friend" relationship with Huang Xiangui. The price of the food basket on the Internet was not more than 3,000 yuan. As there was no official business relationship and no conflict of interest, he did not report to the Director of Immigration. .
The ceiling for civil servants to receive gifts is RMB 250 for private and friendly special occasions: RMB 3,000
According to Article 3 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, any prescribed person (including all civil servants) who solicits or accepts any benefit without the chief's general or special permission is a crime.
The law "Announcement of Acceptance of Benefits (Chief Executive's Permission)" states 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 gifts from personal friends and other people on special occasions, the upper limit is RMB 3000 and RMB 1500 respectively.
If the upper limit is exceeded, special approval from the authorities is required.
The legal notice specifies that special occasions are the marriage, birthday, retirement or any other occasions traditionally used to give or exchange gifts for the relevant civil servants.
ICAC website: It is unnecessary to give courtesy gifts to public officials
In addition, according to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, anyone who, without reasonable excuse, provides any benefit to any public official as an inducement or reward for the public official to do or not to do any act performed in his capacity as a public official is likely to offend The crime of "providing benefits to public officials".
The Independent Commission Against Corruption pointed out that giving ceremonial gifts to public officials is unnecessary and should be avoided in the first place.
The giver should also check with public officials in advance whether he agrees to receive the gift, and understand that any such gift is deemed to be given to his department.
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