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| Hong Kong ex-leader guilty of misconduct | Hong Kong ex-leader guilty of misconduct |
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| Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang has been found guilty of misconduct in office, in a case related to his use of a luxury flat in China. | Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang has been found guilty of misconduct in office, in a case related to his use of a luxury flat in China. |
| Mr Tsang, who led Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012, had faced three charges of misconduct and bribery. | |
| He was cleared of a second count of misconduct and the jury failed to reach a verdict on a third charge of accepting an advantage. | He was cleared of a second count of misconduct and the jury failed to reach a verdict on a third charge of accepting an advantage. |
| Mr Tsang is the most senior Hong Kong official to face a corruption trial. | Mr Tsang is the most senior Hong Kong official to face a corruption trial. |
| The case has worried a territory that prides itself on its relatively clean reputation. | The case has worried a territory that prides itself on its relatively clean reputation. |
| The charges related to events which took place near the end of his term, between 2010 and 2012. | |
| Prosecutors allege Mr Tsang engaged in a number of conflicts of interest without declaring them, including renting a luxury flat in mainland China from the shareholder of a broadcast company, Wave Media, whose license applications he approved. | |
| They allege the flat was redecorated for free for him and that he later nominated the interior designer for an honour. | |
| Mr Tsang, 72, has previously insisted his conscience is clear. |