Li Xuejing, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, stands accused of obtaining a housing allowance worth 720,000 yuan through fraudulent means. The Eastern District Magistrates’ Court arraigned the 54-year-old defendant on the charge, resulting from his alleged submission of false claims for reimbursement of rent, rates, and management fees for a unit in Kowloon District between 2019 and 2021. Investigations conducted by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) revealed that the accused had been residing with his parents in a different property during the period. Furthermore, the unit occupied by another friend of the defendant was not eligible for the allowance. A witness with a close professional relationship to the defendant is among those cited in the prosecution’s case. Li has been granted bail of 50,000 yuan and ordered not to leave Hong Kong or interfere with prosecution witnesses during the trial. The article originally appeared in AM730.
Li Xuejing, an associate professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, is suspected of defrauding a housing allowance of 720,000 yuan. This morning (24th), the case was arraigned in the Eastern District Magistrates’ Court. He was released on bail of 50,000 yuan pending trial, during which time he was not allowed to leave Hong Kong and interfere with prosecution witnesses. The prosecution alleges that one of the witnesses had a close professional relationship with the accused.
The charge alleges that the 54-year-old defendant, Li Xuejing, is suspected of falsely claiming to rent a unit in Kowloon District from 2019 to 2021, and applying to the university for reimbursement of rent, rates and management fees exceeding 720,000 yuan. The ICAC received a complaint earlier and found that the defendant had been living with his parents in another property in the New Territories during the incident. As for the unit receiving the allowance, another friend of the defendant lived alone, which did not meet the requirements for reimbursement of the allowance.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/Local/Associate Professor of the Law Department of the University of Hong Kong involved in defrauding 720,000 housing allowances – released on bail pending trial /368006?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
The case once morest Li Xuejing, an associate professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, has been arraigned in the Eastern District Magistrates’ Court. He is accused of defrauding a housing allowance of 720,000 yuan by falsely claiming to rent a unit in Kowloon District. The ICAC received a complaint earlier and found that the defendant had been living with his parents in another property during the incident, and the unit receiving the allowance was occupied by a friend who lived alone, which did not meet the requirements for reimbursement of the allowance. Li has been released on bail pending trial, during which time he is not allowed to leave Hong Kong or interfere with prosecution witnesses.
