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Hong Kong bid-rigging trial hears trio offered HK$2m bribes to win HK$20m tender

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Hong Kong bid-rigging trial hears trio offered HK$2m bribes to win HK$20m tender

Three alleged middlemen in a Hong Kong bid-rigging syndicate offered HK$2 million (US$256,410) in bribes to an owners’ corporation chairman and member to secure a HK$20 million renovation tender for an ageing building, a court has heard.

The prosecution’s opening statement on Wednesday accused Chong Chun-to, 60, Lam Suet-pin, 53, and To Hon-sum, 47, of conspiring to offer bribes to two members of the owner’s corporation of Hing Tat Mansion in Kwun Tong during the bidding for major renovation...