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Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes. Exchange Rates. Hotel Service. China Calendar. Hot Links. The conviction of the territory's former chief executive related to events which took place near the end of his term, between and Prosecutors accused Tsang of inappropriate and undeclared conflicts of interest, including renting a luxury flat in mainland China from the shareholder of a broadcast company whose licence applications he approved.

They also alleged the flat was redecorated free of charge and that he later nominated the interior designer for an honour. The verdict found him guilty of misconduct over his failure to disclose the lease of the flat, but dismissed the charge related to the designer and did not reach a verdict on whether he accepted a bribe in the form of the refurbishment.

A career civil servant, Tsang rose through the ranks to become Hong Kong's second chief executive, following Tung Chee-hwa. His deputy, former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui, was jailed for accepting bribes from a property tycoon in Tsang and his defense had stressed his years of upstanding public service during the trial.

They maintained that he had done nothing wrong. APAC Updated. Photograph: Reuters. Tsang was jailed in after being found guilty of failing to disclose his plans to lease a luxury flat from a major investor in a broadcaster, which was later granted a licence from the government while he was leader.

Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang saw his misconduct conviction quashed by the city's top court on Wednesday, the final twist to one of the financial hub's most high-profile corruption cases. Tsang was jailed in after being found guilty of failing to disclose his plans to lease a luxury flat from a major investor in a broadcaster, which was later granted a licence from the government while he was a leader.

The year-old, who held the leadership post of chief executive for seven years from , was the most senior city official ever to be convicted in a criminal trial and the highest-ranking one to be put behind bars.

But on Wednesday he was exonerated by the Court of Final Appeal which quashed his misconduct in public office conviction, ending a seven-year legal ordeal.