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There were two other men, brothers Wong Tak Wing and Wong
Chi Wing who gave evidence that they worked separately from the others for Sgt. MA Hak-shing. Wong Tak Wing stated that he banked money for MA. The evidence of Wong Tak Wing was that he was told to open a bank account in North Point by MA Hak-shing, so that MA Hak-shing could put his money into that account and MA paid him $3,000 a month. This money was paid in either by himself or his younger brother or one of MA's other employees.
He in
turn introduced his brother to MA Hak-shing who became a collector for him. Either the younger brother, or a man called Liu Tak Choy, handed 37000 to $8,000 every other day to the elder Wong at the Hung Fook Building premises. This witness also gave evidence of buying sterling drafts at the instructions of MA Hak-shing and his signature appeared on some of the
applications for drafts that were introduced in evidence. His English
was limited and all he could say was that he recognized some of the writing on the drafts, the words "Westminister Bank" and "Barclays Bank Ltd." but nothing else. However he did identify his signature on the requests for
drafts and these requests for drafts were made payable either to account no. 40306916 at Barclays Bank, Old Trafford Branch or to account no. 80698573
at the Westminister Bank, Bakewell.
His brother Wong Chi Wing corroborated his brother's evidence.
He said he was employed by MA Hak-shing to collect money from opium divans and gambling stalls, which he in turn he gave to his elder brother or sometimes paid into his own bank account in the Wing On Bank. From this money, he made withdrawals and also purchased sterling drafts. He was given an address for
those drafts but he did not remember it, but his signature did appear on the requests for drafts which were purchased and some were produced in evidence.
He gave evidence that he would, from time to time, receive a phone calls at the Hung Fook premises and, as a result, he would telephone the drug stalls
or the gambling stalls involved to tell them to stop operating.
The next witnesses are slightly above the level of collectors in
the hierarchy, being the men to whom the corrupt money was handed by the collectors. The first of these being the man Luk Hoi Tung known as "Uncle Luk".
He was
a man who received from the other witnesses the money they collected. He
gave evidence that when MA Hak-shing moved to the post of Station Sergeant in
Causeway Bay, he followed him, having worked for MA previously in another Division. He received the money from MA Hak-shing's collectors (Tak Kau Lau and Hung Chai) and he in turn handed it on to Cheng Pak. This money was
handed over to him in the premises in Hung Fook Building.
His function also
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