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Cop accused of laundering over HK$6m released on bail
A police officer accused of laundering over HK$6.24 million with his Hong Kong Jockey Club account and four personal bank accounts was released on bail for HK$10,000 on Tuesday, pending the case to be transferred to the District Court.
The 29-year-old cop Kwong Ka-kit faces six counts of dealing with crime proceeds of an indictable offense, commonly known as money laundering, for handling six transactions totaling HK$6.24 million between October 16, 2019, and May 12, 2021.
The case was mentioned in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday and Kwong needed not to enter a plea yet.
Magistrate Lam Tsz-kan adjourned the hearing to May 9 as requested by the prosecution, awaiting the court to retrieve documents to transfer the case to the District Court.
Kwong was then granted HK$10,000 of cash bail. He must not leave Hong Kong and must report to a police station twice a week.
Last August, a female cop from Eastern district crime investigation team pleaded guilty to conspiring to laundering about HK$530,000 with others.
She also admitted asking about HK$1 million of loan from a citizen who filed a police report, and accepting about HK$60,000 of loan from the arrestee in a separate case. She was jailed for 21 months in the end, as the judge slammed her for shaming the police force.
The case was mentioned in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday and Kwong needed not to enter a plea yet.
Magistrate Lam Tsz-kan adjourned the hearing to May 9 as requested by the prosecution, awaiting the court to retrieve documents to transfer the case to the District Court.
Kwong was then granted HK$10,000 of cash bail. He must not leave Hong Kong and must report to a police station twice a week.
Last August, a female cop from Eastern district crime investigation team pleaded guilty to conspiring to laundering about HK$530,000 with others.
She also admitted asking about HK$1 million of loan from a citizen who filed a police report, and accepting about HK$60,000 of loan from the arrestee in a separate case. She was jailed for 21 months in the end, as the judge slammed her for shaming the police force.
