Avery Ng Gets Four Months In Jail For ICAC Leak

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2018-05-28 HKT 17:20

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  An Eastern Magistrate had ruled that Avery Ng committed the offence only to raise his own profile. File photo: RTHK

An Eastern Magistrate on Monday sentenced League of Social Democrats chairman Avery Ng to four months in prison, after finding him guilty of disclosing the identity of a government official who was the subject of an ICAC investigation.

Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi said Ng had shown no remorse from the start to the conclusion of the trial, and ruled that the politician had committed the offence only to raise his own profile, rather than to safeguard public interest.

Ng filed a complaint with the ICAC against a senior government official in April 2016 and named her publicly, after local media reported that the official was suspected of having a conflict of interest over an exchange of properties with a tycoon.

The magistrate granted bail to Ng after his lawyer indicated he will file an appeal.