Yiu was sentenced to 25 months in jail for theft at Kowloon City Law Court, Hong Kong.
A graduate of religion and philosophy in Hong Kong has been sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in jail for stealing HK$800,000 (US$102,000) from his university’s student union possession as financial secretary.
The 24-year-old man named Yiu Hei-chun was sentenced to jail in Kowloon City Court on Monday for two charges and was also ordered to pay HK$220,000 to his student union, the amount he could raise, as well as his family in restitution, the report said.
According to the report, Yiu said he wanted to invest the money to make a profit in the markets and use some as his mother’s medical bills payment.
The court hearing stated that the student looked for an administrator at Baptist University’s student union to sign two cheques after he pretended the money was for organising social events.
Wallis Chung Wing-sze, the Deputy Magistrate said Yiu had breached the trust placed in him as the union’s financial secretary adding that his money problems were not an excuse for breaking the law.
The report stated that Yiu deposited HK$800,000 in his savings account and transferred HK$600,000 of it into an investment account between February and May last year.
However, it was learnt that the president and vice-president of the union were not aware of the events that Yiu had declared he needed the money for after the enquiry.
The court hearing stated that the investment account had a balance of HK$510,000 by the time Yiu’s crimes were discovered.
Yiu pleaded guilty to the charges last month after he had considered almost 11 months in custody before trial.
Defence counsel said Yiu, his family’s breadwinner, had hoped to make investments and use the profits to pay for his mother’s medical.
Theft is punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment, but capped at three years when the case is heard in a magistrates’ court.
香港大學畢業生竊盜學生會80萬港元被判入獄兩年以上
香港一名宗教和哲學專業的畢業生因擔任財務秘書從大學學生會財產中盜竊 80 萬港元（102,000 美元）而被判處 2 年 1 個月監禁。
24歲男子姚希俊週一因兩項罪名在九龍城法院被判入獄，並被責令向學生會以及他的家人支付22萬港元。
據報道，姚表示，他想將這筆錢投資到市場上獲利，並用其中一些來支付母親的醫療費用。
法庭聽證會稱，該學生假裝這筆錢用於組織社交活動後，尋找浸會大學學生會的一名管理人員簽署兩張支票。
副裁判官鐘永詩表示，姚先生違反了工會財務秘書對他的信任，並補充說，他的金錢問題並不是違法的藉口。
報告稱，姚先生去年2月至5月期間在其儲蓄帳戶存入80萬港元，並將其中60萬港元轉入投資帳戶。
但據了解，經詢問後，工會主席及副主席並不知道姚聲稱需要這筆錢的事件。
法庭聆訊稱，姚的罪行被發現時，投資帳戶餘額為51萬港元。
姚先生在審判前考慮了近 11 個月的拘留時間後，於上個月承認了這些指控。
辯護律師表示，身為家中的經濟支柱，姚原本希望投資，並用利潤支付母親的醫療費用。
竊盜罪可判處最高 10 年監禁，但在地方法院審理案件時，最高可判處三年有期徒刑。
Source: SCMP
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