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Ho was found guilty of the city's top court, and sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment on 14 July 2017 with no right to appeal. He has been ordered to pay more than 18 million patacas to the prosecutor general's office of which he was once head. Separately, he and co-defendants have to pay more than
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Ho allegedly conspired to award and personally benefit from some 2,000 public contracts worth more than 167 million patacas (US$ 20 million) between 2004 and 2014. Ho and nine co-defendants were estimated to have pocketing at least 44 million patacas (US$ 5.3 million). Ho is said to
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Ho also became a magistrate in Macau. Ho was appointed the first prosecutor general of the Public
Prosecutions Office of Macau in 1999, and served until 20 December 2014. His appointment raised concerns and suspicions that Ho's legal training in and deep connection with China may limit his
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Ho's ancestors moved to Macau from Panyu, Guangdong
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Ho was arrested on 26 February 2016 as he was boarding a ferry to Hong Kong, and was charged with 1,536 counts of a criminal nature–the largest number of charges in Macau's history. Alleged crimes included initiating or founding a criminal syndicate, forgery, fraud and money laundering.
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During the trial, his driver Mak Hak Neng admitted in court to having transported bags of cash–from 100 to 300,000 patacas each time–on Ho's behalf and deposited in an individual bank account in Zhuhai under Ho's name.
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from 1979 to 1983, and received a PhD and a bachelor's degree in law.
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