CHINA / Taiwan, HK, Macao |
Girlfriend's baby makes HK fugitive cop return(China Daily)Updated: 2007-02-08 08:51 A Hong Kong police detective who escaped to the mainland because of a bribery charge 22 years ago has turned himself in. Lai Chi-ming, 55, said he returned because his girlfriend was having a baby. He couldn't apply for Hong Kong residency for the baby if he remained a fugitive. The reason he took bribes in 1984 was related to his children, too, he said. He was HK$20,000 ($2,564) in debt, trying to take care of two young sons after his wife deserted them. When he investigated an illegal abortion case, the subject offered him a HK$25,000 ($3,200) bribe, which is his salary for about six months. (Oriental Daily) |
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