The Commission Against Corruption today (2nd August) handed to the Public Prosecutions Office an alleged corruption case, in which two merchants and six public servants of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau were involved
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Release:2004/08/02
The Commission Against Corruption today (2nd August) handed to the Public Prosecutions Office an alleged corruption case, in which two merchants and six public servants of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau were involved.
The Commission received reports in April that a number of inspectors of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, working at the waste disposal landfill next to the Taipa Airport and New Sports Complex, were bribed and allowed two metal-collecting-merchants to enter the landfill and collect disposed ferrous metal for resale.
Since 2003, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau has, with a payment of around MOP700,000 per year, contracted the operation of the landfill to a construction company. According to the contract between the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau and the company, every worker at the waste disposal landfill has to wear an employee's card and those who do not belong to the company are forbidden to enter the landfill, while the inspectors and management personnel of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau are responsible for monitoring.
Investigation revealed that a senior inspector of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau had allegedly accepted monetary advantages from the two merchants, arranging them to deal with a man surnamed Chan, who claimed to be the contractor of the construction work inside the landfill. The involved merchants then paid several thousands dollars to the man every month in exchange for the permission to enter the landfill and collect disposed ferrous metal for resale.
The two merchants, when working inside the landfill, allegedly provided money, free food and beverages every week or 10 days to the various public servants of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau who monitored the landfill. Occasionally, the merchants would invite the involved public servants to go out for free dinner. The public servants of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, who were alleged to have accepted bribes, allowed nobody, except the two merchants, to enter the landfill. Once in a while, they even assisted the two merchants to collect disposed ferrous metal.
During investigation, the involved admitted offering and accepting advantages.
