Hong Kong businessman gets 3 years in prison for bribery
NEW YORK — A prominent Hong Kong businessman earned leniency with a three-year prison sentence dispensed Monday by a judge who said bribes paid to the presidents of two African countries were serious crimes but kindness including playing violin for fellow inmates was extraordinary.
U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska sentenced Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho, 69, who is also an ophthalmologist and was once Hong Kong’s home affairs secretary.
Preska said acts of charity were common for those who had achieved Ho’s wealth, but he went “above and beyond” by restoring sight for strangers, bringing music to the Metropolitan Correction Center and tutoring inmates who then finished high school.
“It is indeed extraordinary,” Preska said.
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