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                  Ex-Hong Kong Leader Charged With Corruption

   by VOA News

   Former Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang has been charged with two
   counts of official misconduct, becoming the territory's most
   high-profile government official facing a corruption scandal.

   The Independent Commission Against Corruption released a statement
   Monday detailing the charges against the 70-year-old Tsang, who served
   as Hong Kong's leader from 2005 to 2012.  He is accused of failing to
   disclose that he was renting a luxury apartment in the Chinese city of
   Shenzhen from an investor seeking a license from the government.  The
   commission has also charged Tsang with failing to disclose he had
   proposed a government award for an architect he hired to redecorate the
   apartment.

   Tsang was released on bail after appearing before a magistrate's court
   Monday morning to face the charges.  He declared his innocence in a
   statement to the South China Morning Post, saying his conscience is
   clear.  "I have every confidence the court will exonerate me after its
   proceedings," he wrote.

   The case is one of several in recent years that have raised concerns in
   the territory about close ties between government officials and wealthy
   businessmen.  Former government official Rafael Hui was sentenced last
   December to seven-and-a-half years in prison for accepting bribes from
   a high-powered Hong Kong developer.
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