Convicted Hong Kong official Rafael Hui dies age 77

2026-02-01 - 14:28

Rafael Hui Si-yan, a former Hong Kong Chief Secretary who was jailed for pocketing nearly HK$20 million from a prominent land developer, has died at the age of 77. “Mr Rafael Hui passed away at [Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital] peacefully on Sunday after a brave fight with an acute illness,” a source told the South China Morning Post. Hui served as the city’s No 2 official from 2005 to 2007. He was jailed for 71⁄2 years after being convicted in 2014 of plotting to commit misconduct in...