Hong Kong’s ICAC charges ex-biotech lab head over hiding conflict of interest
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has charged a former senior biotech executive over allegedly concealing a conflict of interest when selecting a subcontractor for a Covid-19 community testing centre, resulting in service payments totalling HK$120 million (US$15.4 million). Chris Wong Lei-po, 56, former laboratory director of the Hong Kong Molecular Pathology Diagnostic Centre (HKMPDC), was charged with one count of fraud on Wednesday by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC),...