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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
A Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme member was convicted today (October 25) and fined $6,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy for breaching section 43E(1) of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (the Ordinance) by making false and misleading statement in documents to an MPF trustee.
According to the prosecution, Padua Darwin Ryan F., applied to the trustee on January 12 for early withdrawal of his MPF accrued benefits on the ground of permanent departure. Investigation by the MPFA found that the defendant had recklessly provided false and misleading statement in claiming that he had not previously claimed payment of accrued benefits on the ground of permanent departure on an earlier departure date.
Meanwhile, an employer was fined $73,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today after being convicted of offences under the Ordinance.
EWI Logistics (HK) Limited was charged for offences under section 7A(8) of the Ordinance and pleaded guilty to 14 counts of failing to make MPF contributions for an employee within the prescribed time for the contribution periods between November and December 2008 and between February 2009 and January 2010. The defendant was fined $4,000 for each of the first 4 summonses, $6,000 each for the 5th to 11th summonses, and $5,000 for each of the remaining 3 summonses, totalling $73,000.
Ends/Monday, October 25, 2010
Issued at HKT 19:18
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