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ICAC rejects claims over cop's

In a rare move, the Independent Commission Against Corruption has rejected allegations it had used "improper tactics" to threaten a top anti-triad police officer who committed suicide last week.
The denial was in response to news reports that Chief Superintendent Stephen Fung Kin-man, 49, killed himself after his wife had discovered photos showing him visiting red-light districts in the mainland.

In a written statement, the ICAC Monday dismissed the reports as "totally unfounded" and the allegations made against the commission as "mere fabrication."

Fung plunged to his death from the 10th floor of a public housing block in Kwai Chung last Friday.

Quoting one of Fung's close colleagues, Oriental Daily News reported Monday that Fung's relationship with his wife deteriorated after she found pictures showing Fung flirting with prostitutes in the mainland.

Fung, who once headed the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, had been on sick leave since March when he tried to kill himself by burning charcoal at a holiday villa in Tai Po.

His wife is a chief inspector with the police Identification Bureau.

The report claimed that while Fung was being treated in hospital earlier this year, his wife had gone there and berated him about the photos. She also demanded a divorce, the newspaper quoted the colleague as saying.

The colleague further claimed the ICAC had seized documents from Fung's office during an investigation into illegal gambling in March.

The ICAC said, as a matter of general policy, it did not comment on individual cases.

But, it said there had been "damaging reports" on Fung's death in the past two days carrying "totally unfounded and yet serious allegations against the ICAC, in particular, the allegation that the ICAC had used improper tactics to threaten people involved in its investigations. This allegation was mere fabrication."

It said that after careful consideration, the ICAC had decided to clarify matters to prevent the public from being misled by such reports.

"First, the ICAC conducts its investigations in accordance with the law at all times. Evidence is only collected for the purpose of investigating alleged corruption offenses or other related crimes. There's no question of the ICAC gathering information on an individual's private life for the sake of using it to threaten them," it said.

"In the case concerned, the police officer had requested the ICAC to return a full set of copies of all documents seized from his office. He also authorized his wife to handle all dealings with the ICAC on his behalf.

"Upon the officer's request and in accordance with its standing procedures, the ICAC in mid-March this year returned copies of the seized documents to his wife who was authorized by the officer to deal with the ICAC."

The statement added that after Fung's wife had checked and signed for the receipt of two boxes of the relevant documents, she left the ICAC premises, and no ICAC officer had discussed with her any of these seized documents.

"Lastly, we wish to reiterate that the ICAC always adheres to the law in conducting its investigative work, and has every respect for the legal rights of people involved in its investigations," the statement said. "The ICAC deeply regrets those groundless allegations accusing the commission of using improper tactics, which have been maliciously spread through the media in the past few days."

Fung had been helping the ICAC in a money-laundering case involving Cantopop concert promoter Abba Chan Tat-chee, also known as Uncle Ba.

 

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