许仕仁涉贪案开审

许仕仁涉贪案开审

香港前政务司司长许仕仁以及香港两大富人郭炳江及郭炳联受贿案周四开审。许仕仁，66岁美食香港涉贪案的最高官员。许仕仁被指控收受来自郭炳江郭炳联兄弟的3400万港币。

HONG KONG -- A corruption trial involving Hong Kong's former chief secretary Rafael Hui and two of the city's richest men Thomas Kwok and Raymond Kwok opened in Hong Kong Thursday.

Hui, 66, the most senior official ever charged of graft in Hong Kong, is accused of accepting $HK34 million (about $4.39 million) from the Kwok brothers, who jointly chair one the world's major developers Sun Hung Kai Properties, in exchange of land sales information.

2014年5月8日，香港前政务司司长许仕仁抵达香港高等法院。

Rafael Hui, Hong Kong's former chief secretary, arrives at the High court in Hong Kong May 8, 2014.

Hui and the Kwok brothers were arrested by the city's graft- buster independent Commission against Corruption in March 2012. The three were among five people charged with eight offences including misconduct in public office and furnishing false information. All pleaded not guilty.

The trial is expected to last for 70 days, with evidence of more than 80 prosecution witnesses.