Formerly a female police officer from the Criminal Investigation Team of the Eastern District Police District, she conspired with others to launder money in 2019, and asked a burglary reporter for a loan of 1.03 million yuan in 2019, but was unsuccessful, and accepted an offer from a person who was arrested in a fighting case. She earlier pleaded guilty to a total of 4 counts of soliciting and accepting benefits by prescribed officers and conspiracy to launder money. The case was sentenced in the Eastern District Court today (19th).
Magistrate Liu Shuxian pointed out that she was told that the law had violated the law, that the money laundering case involved cross-border crimes and should be sentenced to a harsher sentence; in another case, asking for benefits from prisoners and witnesses made it impossible to handle it impartially, causing shame to the police force, and finally sentenced her to 21 prisoners in both cases. months.
Liu Guan was sentenced in the money laundering case, pointing out that the defendant, Au Jiaman (47 years old), was unhappy in his marriage and financial difficulties could only be used as a plea for mercy. As a criminal investigator at the time of the case, the defendant had a certain understanding of the crime method, but he knew the law and violated the law. not as grounds for further punishment.
The judge accused the defendant of asking for loans from witnesses and prisoners so that she could not handle the case impartially
Liu Guan continued to point out that the defendant twice opened a bank account and withdrawn cash in accordance with the instructions of the defendant in the same case, involving more than HK$150,000 and HK$370,000 respectively. The duration of the crime was 4 and 2 months respectively, and it involved cross-border crimes. Therefore, the court A harsher sentence should be imposed to avoid damage to Hong Kong's status as an international financial center.
Liu Guan took into account the defendant's pre-trial confession and the fact that he had made a statement for the police that did not harm the defendant's rights and interests, and deducted as appropriate, and finally sentenced him to 12 months in prison for the two crimes.
As for the crime of accepting and soliciting benefits, Liu Guan pointed out that the defendant asked witnesses and prisoners for contact information when handling the case, and then took the opportunity to ask for a loan from the two, which was putting himself in a vulnerable position, which made him unable to handle it impartially and caused shame to the police force. In the end, he was sentenced to 9 months in prison for the two crimes, and the sentence for the money laundering case was executed in installments, that is, the total sentence was 21 months.
The policewoman confessed to borrowing 1.06 million li from the 2 people involved in the unhappy marriage, and the husband bluntly said that you had better sit in custody. More than 100 yuan food including avocado scallops will be announced in September
Earlier, he pleaded that the husband said after learning that the defendant was involved in the case: "You'd better go to jail and I can take two boys."
Defendant Au Jiaman (47 years old) pleaded guilty to one count of soliciting benefit and one count of accepting benefit in the first case, alleging that she was a policewoman on January 8 and March 16, 2020 , asking for a loan of 1 million yuan from Li Siming, who reported the theft without the general or special permission of the chief executive;
Ou pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering in the second case, accusing him of having sex with a man named Mercel between October 15, 2019 and February 18 last year, and from December 12, 2019 to February 18 last year. Conspiracy to launder money, a total of about 530,000 yuan.
The defense pleaded for mercy earlier, saying that the defendant married a child when he was young, but the fetus ended up aborting.
Even though the defendant later gave birth to two sons, her husband was away from home for a long time and started a family with another woman.
The defendant committed the crime because of financial difficulties, hoping to raise money to fight for child custody with her husband.
When her husband found out that she was involved in the case, he said to her, "You'd better go to jail soon, I can grab two boys."
Case No.: ESCC2142/2021, KTCC21/2021