Electoral bribery case | Chan Tak Seng petitions against CCAC’s sting operation

Chan Tak Seng

The Macau Institution of People’s Alliance director Chan Tak Seng burst into tears yesterday after submitting a petition to the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC). He was demanding for the anti-graft agency to come clean on its allegedly “orchestrated sting operation”, which was claimed to have been directed at his association.
On the heels of CCAC’s response to the group’s furious condemnation two days ago, Chan approached the commission’s headquarters and urged the authorities to disclose investigation outcomes of the 213 complaints received during the last Legislative Assembly election. The disgruntled alliance head stressed that the two watchdog agents, whom he suspected of infiltrating their group in early 2009, committed an illegal act.
According to him, the region did not allow authorities to carry out sting operations. In addition, Chan Tak Seng questioned whether the CCAC officers had adopted similar measures with regards to other campaign teams.
According to the director, the two CCAC investigators, Io Fu Chun and Lam Kin Seng, joined Chan Meng Kam’s organization as members and volunteers separately within three days using pseudo personal information. They were said to have been serving CCAC before their membership was approved, which could be a key factor to sway the court’s sentencing.
Chan has also sought out the CCAC Discipline Committee to intervene in the saga, as he has handed in another petition to the committee’s head, Kwan Tsui Hang, urging for an inquiry into the two investigators’ conduct during that period.
Chan said that the pair were convicted in the case and he had suffered enormous pressure since the court’s ruling, pledging to appeal the verdict at any cost until the truth came to light. The alliance head abruptly wept while he was answering journalists’ questions. He once again denied the claims that the group offered catering to the three lawmakers’ would-be voters.