HONG KONG -- Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong lost his final appeal Wednesday against a conviction for bribing a senior official, closing the curtains on one of the highest-profile corruption cases in the territory.
The Court of Final Appeal decided that Kwok was guilty of the charge of "conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office" for paying 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars ($1.09 million) to Rafael Hui Si-yan, who was chief secretary, the territory's second-highest official from 2005-2007.