Ex-Hong Kong primary school head charged with misconduct for allegedly hiding financial interest in private tutorial centre, leaking exam questions
- Henry Kwok, former principal of Tak Sun School, accused of divulging examination questions to a private tutorial centre in which he had a financial interest
- Anti-graft probe revealed he transferred funds to Pang Wing-han, centre’s former director and shareholder, in 2017 to set up tutorial firm
Henry Kwok Chiu-kwan, 50, former principal of government-subsidised Tak Sun School in Jordan, faces one count of misconduct in public office for allegedly concealing his financial interest in a tutorial centre from his employer.
Kwok and Pang Wing-han, 46, former director and shareholder of Diligence Learning Centre Limited, which offered tutoring services near the school, also jointly face another count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
They allegedly divulged confidential examination and quiz questions to the tutorial centre before the tests were held, according to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
An investigation found that Kwok was required to file a form with a written declaration of conflict of interest to the school annually.
But prosecutors allege he concealed his financial interest in the tutorial centre from the school’s incorporated management committee between July 2017 and June 2021.