A man was jailed for six months for attempting to buy a Covid-19 vaccination certificate from a nurse with HK$1,000 without actually getting the shot.
He pleaded guilty to offering an advantage to an agent and breaching the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The court reduced the sentence by one-third due to the defendant's guilty plea.
The man was a community health practitioner who was subject to the
Vaccine Pass arrangement, and he offered the bribe to a nurse at a community vaccination center.
The nurse reported the matter to Quality HealthCare Medical Services Ltd, and an ICAC investigation revealed that the man's medical exemption certificate had expired.