Shuttle bus company operations assistant charged by ICAC for soliciting and accepting $40,000 bribes over driver employment

An operations assistant of a shuttle bus company was charged by the ICAC yesterday (March 10) for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes totalling over $40,000 over the employment of a driver.

Chow King-lung, 45, operations assistant of a subsidiary of Great Leader Bus Holdings Limited (Great Leader Bus), faces five counts of agent accepting an advantage and one count of agent soliciting an advantage, contrary to section 9(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.

The defendant was released on ICAC bail, pending his appearance for plea at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (March 12).

At the material time, the defendant was responsible for employing drivers and managing the operation of transportation services for Great Leader Bus and its subsidiaries, including a shuttle bus route for providing transportation services to government staff.

In the five consecutive months between September 2024 and January 2025, the defendant had allegedly accepted bribes totalling over $32,000 from a driver for employing her as driver for the abovementioned route.

It is also alleged that in February 2025, the defendant had further solicited a bribe of over $8,400 from the driver, who did not accede to the defendant’s solicitation this time.

The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Enquiries revealed that the defendant had allegedly solicited from the driver a monthly bribe ranging from about $3,400 to about $7,500. The driver would not be employed as a driver of the route if she had not paid bribes.

Great Leader Bus rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.