A barrister has been charged for allegedly frustrating an investigation by the Securities & Futures Commission on suspected share price rigging of publicly listed Shanghai Land Holdings.

Lo Po-wing, 43, will appear at Eastern Magistracy on December 17 to face a count of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice.

The charge alleges that between April 13 and May 31 last year, Lo conspired with Wong Pui-fai, Mo Yuk-ping, Chung Sau-ling, Sammy Lam and another person to pervert the course of justice by falsely representing to the commission that trades in Shanghai Land shares from August 30, 2002 to January 17 last year in the name of Sammy Lam were effected by Lam.

Lo has been released on bail.