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BRIBERY ORDINANCE (CAP 201). THIS INVOLVED HIS CONTROL, AS A CROWN SERVANT, OF PECUNIARY RESOURCES AND PROPERTY DISPROPORTIONATE TO HIS OFFICIAL EMOLUMENTS AND FOR WHICH HE HAD FAILED TO PROVIDE A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION. HE WAS FURTHER ORDERED TO PAY TO THE CROWN A SUM OF HKD 12,415,900.72 BEING THE VALUE OF ASSETS SO UNDER HIS CONTROL.
5. SINCE 4 JUNE 1990, REID HAS MADE A NUMBER OF WITNESS STATEMENTS, IN WHICH HE HAS GIVEN FULL ACCOUNTS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH HE ACCEPTED BRIBES, AND THE EVENTS SURROUNDING HIS FLIGHT FROM HONG KONG. TO DATE, A TOTAL OF 17 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE INFORMATION GIVEN
BY REID, AND WARRANTS FOR THE ARREST OF TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. A FURTHER THREE PEOPLE ARE SOUGHT FOR INTERVIEW, AND TWO SENIOR GOVERNMENT PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN INTERDICTED FROM DUTY PENDING DECISIONS BEING TAKEN AS TO WHETHER THEY SHOULD FACE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. OF THE 17 PERSONS SO FAR ARRESTED, NINE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL OFFENCES, FIVE REMAIN ON BAIL WHILE ENQUIRIES CONTINUE, AND THREE HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM BAIL WITHOUT CHARGE, WITH A VIEW TO THEIR GIVING EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN.
6. OF THE NINE PERSONS CHARGED, TWO HAVE ADMITTED OFFENCES RELATED TO THE SUPPLY OF THE PASSPORT USED BY REID AND HAVE BEEN SENTENCE TO TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. THE OTHER SEVEN AWAIT TRIAL. IN ONE PROCEEDINGS, SOH AND LAI HAVE BEEN VARIOUSLY CHARGED, TOGETHER WITH LEE HOI-KWONG (FORMER GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HANG LUNG BANK), WITH OFFERING BRIBES TO REID BETWEEN 1986 AND 1989. TOGETHER WITH ALICK AU SHUI-YUEN, A SOLICITOR OF ALICK AU AND MASSIE, AND TWO CLERKS IN THE EMPLOY OF AU, SOH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DOING ACTS TENDING AND INTENDED TO PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE, MATTERS ARISING OUT OF REID'S FLIGHT FROM THE TERRITORY. SOH, LAI AND AU HAVE BEEN IN CUSTODY SINCE THEIR ARRESTS ON 12 JUNE 1990, AND TOGETHER WITH AU'S CLERKS, AWAIT TRIAL IN THE HIGH COURT. IN SEPARATE PROCEEDINGS, KEVIN BARRY EGAN, A FORMER SENIOR ASSISTANT CROWN PROSECUTOR, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIX OFFENCES RELATED TO REID'S ESCAPE. THESE INCLUDE DOING ACTS TENDING AND INTENDED TO PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE, AND POSSESSING A FIREARM WITH INTENT TO ENABLE REID TO ENDANGER HUMAN LIFE. IT IS INTENDED THAT EGAN BE COMMITTED TO THE HIGH COURT FOR TRIAL.
7. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY REID RELATES TO A RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONS, MANY OF WHOM EITHER HOLD OR HAVE HELD INFLUENTIAL POSITIONS IN LEGAL, GOVERNMENT OR COMMERCIAL CIRCLES.
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