A member of the Shatin District Council, charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) convicted at District Court of soliciting and accepting bribes in relation to the renewal of coach service at a residential estate in Ma On Shan.

Three senior executives of a cleaning company, charged by the ICAC, were today (Friday) convicted at the District Court of their roles in a fraud to deceive the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) over the wages paid to cleaning workers under a LCSD contract.

A former executive of a sports association, charged by the ICAC, appeared at the Kowloon City Magistracy today (Thursday) for allegedly misappropriating funds totally over $337,000, which was subsidies granted by the Leisure and Cultural Services Departme nt (LCSD).

A director of a company and a property agent, charged by the ICAC, were today (Wednesday) sentenced at District Court for bribery and fraud involving a scam to deceive cash compensation from the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) in relation to three redevelopment projects.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) would continuously enhance its professional capability and intensify training in financial investigation to deal with challenges arising from the increasingly complex, globalised and sophisticated natur e of corruption-related crimes.

Two foreign exchange brokers, charged by the ICAC, were today (Friday) jailed for their roles in frustrating an investigation by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in relation to market manipulation of the trading in shares of publicly listed Sha nghai Land Holdings Limited (Shanghai Land).

An operator of a pub, charged by the ICAC, was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for conspiring to pervert justice by orchestrating staged drug arrests, so that he could falsely present himself as an informer to reduce his criminal liability in a dangerous drug case.

A Detective Police Constable, charged by the ICAC for conspiring to pervert justice by orchestrating staged drug arrests so that a police suspect could falsely present himself as an informer, was today (Wednesday) convicted at the Kowloon City Magistracy.

ICAC Commissioner, Raymond Wong Hung-chiu, today (Saturday) called upon the international community to strengthen mutual co-operation in order to combat cross border corruption and other transnational crimes in a more efficient and coordinated manner.

A sales manager of an architect firm and two other persons were charged by the ICAC for allegedly bribing a clerk and an office-bearer of the Incorporated Owners of two residential buildings and an employee of a property management company of another building for securing consultancy contracts.