A man has been found guilty of offering to pay localists to run in last year’s District Council elections. He claimed that he was approached by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s former election campaigner, who has ties with Chinese officials, and that the money came from unidentified Chinese businessmen. Cheng Wing-kin, 32, offered at least HK$850,000 in bribes last summer to five localists, including Youngspiration lawmaker Sixtus Leung … Continue reading Man convicted of bribing localists to rig district elections claims cash came from Chinese businessmen