The ICAC has charged a former senior executive of a contractor of Covid-19 community testing centres for allegedly concealing his conflict of interest by sub-letting daily operations of testing centres to a company controlled by him.

Those contracts were worth HK$120 million, the anti-graft agency said.

Wong Lei-po, a former laboratory director of the Hong Kong Molecular Pathology Diagnostic Centre Limited (HKM), faces one count of fraud.

During the pandemic, the HKM was one of the designated service providers engaged by the government to operate community testing centres, comprising daily operations and laboratory testing.

The HKM contracted out the daily operations, including registration and crowd control.

At the time, the ICAC said, the defendant was the laboratory director of the HKM overseeing its operation, including the selection of subcontractors.

It is alleged that the defendant had concealed from, or failed to disclose to the HKM, his interest in Health Conscience Limited (HCL), and with intent to defraud, induced the HKM to award the service agreement to HCL in 2022.

The investigation arose from a corruption complaint.

The defendant was released on bail, pending his appearance at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts on Friday.