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Billionaire Kwok denies bribing former HK official

Billionaire Thomas Kwok, on trial for bribery charges he denies, said Hong Kong's former No. 2 official Rafael Hui owed him nothing after their HK$15 million ($1.9 million) a year consulting agreement ended. "I definitely will not bribe my friend with either money, gift or advantage," the co-chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd told the High Court in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Kwok testified on Tuesday that Hui gave him advice on political issues, as well as how to deal with his eldest brother, Walter. Kwok denies one charge of conspiring to bribe Hui and two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.

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