Senior Hong Kong policeman loses appeal over jail term for HK$26m mortgage fraud

A Hong Kong court has dismissed an appeal by a senior police officer against his 6½-year jail sentence for fraudulently securing more than HK$26 million (US$3.3 million) in mortgages by concealing his affiliation with the force.In a written judgment delivered on Monday, the Court of Appeal upheld Superintendent Harbour Chan Hoi-kong’s conviction on two counts of fraud, finding that he must have knowingly made false claims in two mortgage applications that he was the general manager of a food trading company founded by his ex-colleague.Businessman and former chief inspector Wong Ho-ngai also lost an appeal against his five-year sentence for a count of the same offence.