Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has charged Tong Po-hing, a 39-year-old former vice-president of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, over an alleged failure to comply with a notice issued under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. The ICAC laid the charge on 9 September 2026.
The prosecution alleges that Tong failed to submit a statutory declaration covering his personal assets and other required information during an ongoing corruption investigation. The allegation concerns one charge of failing to comply with a notice issued under Section 14(1) of the ordinance; Ming Pao reported that the charge involved Section 14(4).
Ming Pao reported that the notice was served in late September 2025 and required Tong to list assets he owned or held during the three years before the date of the notice. The deadline for submitting the statutory declaration was later extended to March 2026 at his request, the report said.
The newspaper also reported that the information allegedly not provided concerned 30 cash deposits into Tong’s bank account, totalling more than HK$2.1 million. This is an allegation made by the ICAC and has not been established in court.
Tong was granted bail. The case is scheduled for a plea hearing at Eastern Magistrates’ Court on 11 September 2026, while the ICAC said the related corruption investigation remains ongoing.