Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption
The Hong Kong anti-corruption watchdog has charged two representatives of two air-conditioning maintenance contractors for allegedly offering bribes of over HKD1 million to a former executive of Wynn Macau for maintenance contracts of a hotel in Macau.
The bribes involved a total of around HKD34 million.
An air-conditioner supplier for Wynn Resorts (Macau) has admitted to paying bribes to a former director of the gaming operator to solicit opportunities to submit quotations or tenders to Wynn over air-conditioning system maintenance services since 2014.
According to Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Li Kin-wang, 59, senior sales manager of Oh Luen Air Conditioning Equipment Limited, revealed he offered three bribes totaling over HKD450,000 to the director by check or bank transfer between June 2014 and July 2015. During the period, business between Oh Luen and Wynn increased.
At the relevant time, Oh Luen and Wai Luen Air-conditioning Limited were companies respectively established in Macau and Hong Kong to provide air-conditioning installation and maintenance services. Both companies were operated by the same proprietor.
Between November 2016 and January 2017, Li also conspired with a former director of Wai Luen to pay two bribes totaling HKD560,000 to the director.
The ICAC’s enquiries have revealed that between 2014 and 2017, Wynn had awarded numerous air-conditioning maintenance contracts worth around HKD34 million in total to Oh Luen. Staff Reporter
