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Shortly after starting his private practice, Dr C was approached by Ms WONG, the proprietor of a medical laboratory, who requested for the referral of all his patients to her. Ms WONG suggested that an arrangement could be made for a sum to be offered to Dr C by the laboratory for each patient referred. She emphasised that it was in no way unfair to the patients since they had to do the tests somewhere in any case. She also said that a number of other doctors in the same building had already made such arrangement with her.
Prior to the referral of patients to Ms WONG‘s laboratory, their agreement was brought to light by the nurse of Dr C’s clinic and the case was then reported to the ICAC.
Dr E is a consultant ophthalmologist in a public hospital who is often involved in the procurement of expensive medical equipment for his department. The procurement department of the hospital will seek Dr E’s views while drafting the specifications and in the course of purchase. He has a strong influence on the final selection of supplier through his assessment on the performance of the equipment.
During the procurement of equipment for oculoplastics, Billy, the sales director of a potential supplier, asked Dr E to comment favourably on the equipment produced by his company. He proposed to pay for the passage and accommodation for Dr E to visit the company’s laboratory in New York and take the convenience to attend an important medical conference there. After the trip, Dr E recommended the hospital to offer the contract to Billy’s company.
Baldwin, a legal clerk, was handling a theft case. He was offered a bundle of money during an interview with the client…
Teddy, a clerk in a solicitor firm, was responsible for handling conveyancing documents. Due to financial pressure, Teddy was tempted by his friend to prepare fake documents to deceive the bank for mortgage loans.
Customer Services Officer Tony and part-time phone salesman Curtis worked in the same team in a telephone company. Knowing that Tony was keen at golfing, Curtis offered to fix a golf club membership for Tony if Tony released clients’ personal information…