Six workers from Hong Kong hospital morgues
were being investigated Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes from funeral
directors in return for giving corpses special treatment, dpa reported.
They are accused of accepting monthly payments of up to 130
US dollars to speed up funeral arrangements and allow funeral directors to
collect them outside normal hours.
The workers also allegedly dressed the corpses in shrouds and
prepared them for funerals, a role usually performed in funeral parlours,
investigators claim.
The six workers, from two public hospitals, were arrested along with eight
funeral directors by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, a
spokesman for the commission said.
All 14 suspects have been interviewed and released on police
bail while inquiries continue, the commission spokesman said.