A football player, charged by the ICAC, was today (Friday) sentenced to a detention centre for offering bribes to his teammates for assistance in fixing a match against Russia’s national youth team.

A legal executive of a solicitors firm has been charged by the ICAC with conspiracy for a policeman to solicit a bribe of $13,000 from a man for divulging information on the investigation of a murder case as well as deceiving legal fees, while the policem an, now retired, is wanted for his alleged role in the case.

As part of the clean election campaign for the Chief Executive (CE) Election, the ICAC has produced an information booklet on the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO) and started approaching candidates and their campaign offices to ar range briefings.

A football player, charged by the ICAC, admitted at Kowloon City Magistracy today (Friday) that he had offered bribes to his teammates for assistance in fixing a match against Russia’s national youth team.

The ICAC has produced a set of best practice guidelines to assist National Sports Associations (NSAs) to enhance governance and transparency for the long-term development of the local sports sector.

Three officers of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) have been charged by the ICAC for alleged misconduct by assisting 16 discharged inmates in evading detection of abuses of dangerous drugs during statutory supervision periods.

A candidate of the executive committee election of the 2011 Sheung Shui District Rural Committee (RC), charged by the ICAC, was today (Monday) sentenced to three months and two weeks’ imprisonment at Fanling Magistracy for offering a bribe of $130,000 to a village representative (VR) so as to induce the latter to vote for him at the election.

The International Anti-Corruption Public Service Announcement Video Competition and Workshop, hosted by the ICAC on behalf of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), concluded on the International Anti-Corruption Day (December) with anti-graft agencies from around the world garnering accolades for their innovative efforts in enlisting public support in the battle against corruption.

A warrant has been issued today (Thursday) by a magistrate for the arrest of a businessman, who failed to turn up at Eastern Magistracy after being charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud a medical centre and its suppliers in relation to the placin g of drugs orders worth about $39 million.

Anti-corruption and media experts from around the world today (Thursday) met in Hong Kong to showcase their videos and TV commercials produced for spreading the probity message in the International Anti-Corruption Public Service Announcement Competition a nd Workshop.