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CityU professor gets 4½ months in prison for offering HK$1,000 bribe to agent

South China Morning Post · · 259 words · By Fiona Chow

A City University professor was sentenced to 4½ months in prison for offering a HK$1,000 bribe to a property agent. The magistrate rejected his claim that the action stemmed from 'cultural differences' in handling rental agreements.

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“CityU professor gets 4½ months in prison for offering HK$1,000 bribe to agent”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a public university in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and formally established as the City …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU or HKPU) is a public university in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions …
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“Magistrate rejects argument that academic Du Du’s actions to get out of rental agreement rooted in ‘cultural differences’”
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“A City University (CityU) professor has been sentenced to 4½ months in prison for offering a HK$1,000 (US$128) bribe to a Hong Kong property agent, after a magistrate dismissed the defendant’s claims that the situation arose from “cultural differences”.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a public university in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and formally established as the City …
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“Du Du, 48, an associate professor at the university’s economics and finance department, was granted bail on Wednesday to appeal against his conviction for offering an advantage to the agent in an attempt to avoid paying HK$16,000 for breaching a tenancy agreement.”
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“The court heard that Du, a mainland Chinese academic who previously studied at Peking University and the University of Chicago, signed a provisional tenancy agreement on November 6, 2022, to rent a flat at the Peak One residential complex in Tai Wai.”
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“But Du soon changed his mind about the agreement and messaged Midland Realty agent Sammi Chung Fong-chau to offer her HK$1,000 to settle the matter for him “as a friend”.”
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“He wrote in the message: “Had this taken place on the mainland, if the two of us had some basic relationship or so, we’d have simply settled it by ourselves without letting our companies know.””
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“Du also described procedures in Hong Kong as “so rigid and methodical”.”
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“During an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, he told officers that the offer of HK$1,000 was intended as compensation for Chung’s travel expenses and time lost.”
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