A security supervisor of an industrial building and an operator of an unlicensed bar, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Tuen Mun Magistracy today (December 21) that they had perverted public justice by obstructing law enforcement actions by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) against illegal sale of liquor at the bar.

A man, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Shatin Magistracy today (December 21) that he had obtained employments with two property agencies by using false representations and academic proofs, thereby inducing the property agencies to pay him salaries totalling over $30,000.

Three persons have been charged by the ICAC with fraud and forgery respectively in relation to the purchase of a Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flat from the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) without paying a premium of over $2.8 million to the Government.

A director of two property agencies has been charged by the ICAC today (December 19) with fraud by inducing a purchaser and her husband to pay an additional sum of about $15 million in two property transactions.

An operator of a membership consultancy firm has been charged by the ICAC today (December 19) with conspiracy for members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to accept a share of a $680,000 bribe for assisting a person in applying for its racing membership.

The ICAC would enter its 45 years of graft fight in February next year with unwavering determination in the face of continuous changes in the global environment, said Mr Chow Chung-kong, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption.

A former supervisor of an air-conditioning contractor of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), charged by the ICAC, was today (December 18) sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment at the Tuen Mun Magistracy for defrauding the EMSD of salary payments totalling over $170,000 by using false attendance records.

A former welder of an engineering company has been charged by the ICAC today (December 14) with accepting illegal “referral fees” totalling over $48,000 for referring two men to serve as construction workers for the company.

To mark its 45th anniversary, the ICAC will open up its facilities to the public on two consecutive weekends in February and March next year for them to learn first-hand about Hong Kong’s anti-corruption history and the Commission’s latest initiatives.

A former marketing executive of a stationery trading company has been charged by the ICAC with fraud by falsely inducing the company to pay over $8.6 million to another trading firm owned by his family members for products purportedly supplied by an electronics company on the Mainland.