A former manager at Standard Chartered Bank has admitted helping an illegal syndicate deceive Japanese investors into pouring more than 400 million yen (US$2.7 million) into projects in Africa, following an investigation by Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Monday that Leung Ho-yin, a former relationship manager at the…
A traveller from Thailand has been given a two-year jail sentence in Hong Kong for smuggling 187 parrot eggs valued at an estimated HK$1.4 million, with an expert saying the seizure is part of a global uptick of such cases involving endangered species. A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted the Thai man, 30, of…
A traveller from Thailand has been given a two-year jail sentence in Hong Kong for smuggling 187 parrot eggs valued at an estimated HK$1.4 million, with an expert saying the seizure is part of a global uptick of such cases involving endangered species. A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted the Thai man, 30, of…