Hong Kong – Courts Find no Evidence in Insider Dealing

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today found that Mr Lam Yik Tung, a former employee of BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific) Limited, and his friends – Mr Chan Lit Chun and Mr Anson Mui Ka Leung – were not guilty of insider dealing in the shares of Integrated Distribution Services Group Limited (IDS) in 2010 (Notes 1 & 2).

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is studying the verdict.

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Notes:

  1. Please see the SFC’s press releases dated 9 June 2017 and 26 July 2017 for more details.
  2. IDS was privatised by Li & Fung Limited and its shares were withdrawn from listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 1 November 2010.