Graft | Lou Ngai Wa sentenced to 12 and a half years in jail

The former head of the Division of Transport Management Department of the Transport Bureau (DSAT), Lou Ngai Wa, was sentenced on Monday to 12 and a half years in jail and fined MOP36,000.
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) last year found that Lou had received MOP16 million in bribes for assisting three companies to obtain parking lot management contracts from the SAR government between 2012 and 2015.
The Court of First Instance (TJB) announced its ruling yesterday, as well as sentences for five other defendants including Pun Ngai, Lou’s former subordinate and the second defendant in the case. Pun was sentenced to seven years and nine months in prison.
At a previous hearing session, both Lou and Pun had denied all accusations in the indictment.
The four remaining defendants – Chan Chi Pio and his wife Chan In Seong, Leong Ion Fai, and Yin Heshun, manager and owner of the three companies involved in the case – were also sentenced to jail.
Chan Chi Pio was sentenced to six years and three months, while Leong Ion Fai received a four-year sentence. Chan In Seong and Yin Heshun were each sentenced to four years and three months.