In the 2020 Legislative Council general election, the then social welfare candidate Zeng Kam-wing was arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption on suspicion of attempting to defraud election expenses. The case will be brought up in the Eastern District Court today (23rd). The defendant does not need to answer for the time being. To increase the charges, Magistrate Wen Shaoming adjourned the case to November 18 for further arraignment, and granted the defendant bail of 5,000 yuan.
Defendant Tsang Kam-wing, 28, is charged with one count of fraud by filing a false or misleading election return and one count of attempted fraud, alleging that in the 2020 Legislative Council election, in the election return filed by the defendant, Making a statement that he knew to be false or misleading, that is, falsely claiming that he had hired an election assistant for $8,000, thereby incurring election expenses, with intent to defraud and attempted to induce the REO to pay him an allowance of $8,000.
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