Ex-Hong Kong Official Who Worked for Chinese Energy Company Gets 3 Years in Prison for Bribery

Ex-Hong Kong Official Who Worked for Chinese Energy Company Gets 3 Years in Prison for Bribery
Patrick Ho was found guilty on Dec. 5, 2018 for bribing officials of two African countries for Chinese energy company CEFC China Energy. Sunrest/CC-by/Wikimedia Commons
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NEW YORK—A prominent Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to three years in prison on March 25 and fined $400,000 after he was convicted of paying bribes to the presidents of two African countries.

U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska sentenced Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho, who is also an ophthalmologist and was once Hong Kong’s home affairs secretary.