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Donald Tsang: 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. | 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. |
Designer flat | |
The charges, which each carried a maximum of seven years in prison, related to events which took place near the end of his term between 2010 and 2012. | |
Prosecutors accused Mr Tsang of engaging 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 alleged the flat was redecorated for free for him and that he later nominated the interior designer for an honour. | |
The jury, which deliberated for two days, found him guilty of misconduct over his failure to disclose the lease of the flat, but dismissed the charge related to the designer. | |
It did not reach a verdict on whether he accepted a bribe in the form of the refurbishment. Sentencing will take place on Monday, AFP reported. | |
Mr Tsang, 72, has previously insisted his conscience is clear. | Mr Tsang, 72, has previously insisted his conscience is clear. |
A career civil servant, he rose through the ranks to become Hong Kong's second chief executive, following Tung Chee-hwa. | |
His deputy, former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui, was jailed for accepting bribes from a property tycoon in 2014. |