Lew Mon-hung

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lew.
Lew Mon-hung
BBS
劉夢熊

Lew at the City Forum, 18 April 2010
Member of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
March 2008 – March 2013
Personal details
Born November 1948 (age 67)
Taishan, Guangdong, Republic of China[1]
Nationality Hong Kong Chinese
Residence Hong Kong
Lew Mon-hung
Traditional Chinese 刘梦熊
Simplified Chinese 劉夢熊

Lew Mon-hung, BBS[2] (Chinese: 劉夢熊, born November 1948),[3][1] nicknamed "Dream Bear" based on his Chinese name,[4] is a Hong Kong businessman[5] who is the former deputy chairman and executive director of Pearl Oriental Oil Limited.[6][7]

As a pro-Beijing businessman, Lew was a deputy in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2008 to 2013 and was an outspoken politician and a high-profile supporter of Leung Chun-ying during the Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2012. The relationship of the two soured after the election and he turned against Leung.[8]

Biography

Lew was born in Taishan in Guangdong in 1948. In 1973, he swam to Hong Kong and took a job at a stainless steel factory and became its head. In 1976, he joined a Japanese futures contract company as a broker. He rose to the chief advisor for the C.A. Pacific Forex Limited (CAPFL). He later turned into energy industry and became the executive director of the Smart Rich Energy Finance (Holdings) Limited. In 2009, he became the deputy chairman and executive director of Pearl Oriental Oil Limited.[9]

Lew was a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit from 2006 to 2008 and Commission on Strategic Development from 2009 to 2012. He was appointed a national committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference representing Hong Kong, serving in that post from 2008[10] until 2013, when he lost his seat.[3][11] From 2011, he was also a member of the Election Committee through the Religious Sub-sector.

Lew was a high-profile supporter of Leung Chun-ying[11] early in the 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election. However, after Leung was elected, Lew made a series of allegations against Leung, including that Leung had failed to honour his promise to nominate Lew as a vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,[12] and that Leung had reneged on appointing Lew to the Executive Council.[13]

Lew was arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on 25 February 2013 on charges of perverting the course of justice when he was alleged to have sent a letter to Leung, asking him to stop the ICAC from investigating him.[6][13][4] In October 2013, Lew was once again arrested, and was charged with conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, as were two other executives of Pearl Oriental Oil and a third person.[14] In March 2015, he was found not guilty.[9]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 劉夢熊 (in Chinese). China: Baidu. 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "HKSAR PRECEDENCE LIST" (PDF). Hong Kong: HKSAR Government. August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 劉夢熊 Check |url= value (help) (in Chinese). China: Chinese Political Consultative Conference. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 Siu, Beatrice (22 August 2013). "ICAC lines up 19 witnesses for 'Dream Bear' trial". The Standard
  5. ↑ "ICAC drops bribery investigation into CY Leung sparked by Lew Mon-hung". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Lew Mon-hung and three others charged". Hong Kong: RTHK. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Pearl Oriental Oil (0632) says Lew Mon Hung arrested by ICAC". Hong Kong: Etnet. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Businessman Lew Mon-hung summoned to ICAC over letter Leung". South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). 21 February 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "劉夢熊脫罪：最憎梁振英". Apple Daily. 21 May 2015.
  10. ↑ 中国人民政治协商会议第十一届全国委员会主席、副主席、秘书长、常务委员名单 (in Chinese). China: Xinhua Agency. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Lew Mon-hung 'loses CPPCC seat'". Hong Kong: RTHK. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Ip, Kelly (8 August 2013). "ICAC move slammed as an assault on press freedom". The Standard (Hong Kong). Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Former chief executive ally Lew Mon-hung appears in court for perverting justice". South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). 21 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Luk, Eddie (8 October 2013). "'Dream Bear' on fraud rap". The Standard.
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