A mainland businessman accused of laundering HK$13 billion in eight months made telephone inquiries with the police before his arrest to ask why his bank account in Hong Kong was frozen, the High Court heard.
Luo Juncheng, 22, allegedly rang the police between April and May 2010 to find out about the HK$4 million in his account with Chiyu Bank, the Court of First Instance was told on the second day of the trial.
Luo was arrested on January 28 last year while entering the city through the Lok Ma Chau immigration checkpoint.
Luo, who owns a computer shop on the mainland, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to dealing with property known or reasonably believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence. He is suspected of laundering HK$50 million every day from August 2009 to April 2010.
Prosecutors say he made 4,800 deposits into and 3,500 transfers out of the Chiyu account, which he created in the name of his firm Ace Creation Development in August 2009.
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