17 Facts About Lui Lok

Lui Lok was a Hong Kong police detective known for his acts of corruption during the 1960s and 1970s.

Lui Lok was wanted by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Lui Mo Lok was born in Haifeng County, Guangdong, and spent his childhood there.

On 9 November 1940, Lui Lok became a police officer in the Hong Kong Police Force.

Lui Lok stationed in Hong Kong Island while Nam was stationed in Kowloon and New Territories.

On 1 April 1962, Lui Lok was awarded the Colonial Police Medal by Queen Elizabeth II on Queen's Birthday at Hong Kong's Government House.

In 1963, Lui Lok was appointed by Hong Kong Governor Sir Robert Black to a blue ribbon commission to study police reform.

In 1968, Lui Lok took early retirement from the police force.

In 1973, Lui Lok immigrated to Canada with his wife Choi Chun and eight children.

In 1974, the ICAC was founded, and a wanted notice for Lui Lok was issued in 1976, but by then he had settled in Taiwan.

Lui Lok was charged with having assets "disproportionate to and unable to be explained or accounted for by his official emoluments, awards, or allowance'" and many of his assets were frozen by the ICAC.

Lui Lok was unable to be extradited due to the lack of an extradition treaty with Taiwan and legal complications with Hong Kong's treaty with Canada.

In 1979, Lui Lok purchased a luxury apartment in Taipei, Taiwan, where he would reside in low profile for more than 30 years.

Lui Lok's daughter became a Taiwanese citizen and was a civil servant, while his seven sons resided in Canada.

Lui Lok died due to gastric cancer on 13 May 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Lui Lok's funeral was attended by 80 family members and friends at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Burnaby, where he was buried.

Lui Lok has been depicted in various films and TV Series due to his notoriety.