Six persons, including a Police Sergeant earlier arrested by the ICAC for alleged corruption in providing information on law enforcement action against vice establishments in Mongkok, have been charged in separate cases.

Leung Choi, 46, Police Sergeant, faces one count of conspiracy to offer advantages to a public servant, contrary to Section 4(1)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.

The charge alleges that Leung had conspired with two operators of vice establishments to offer sums of money to Leung.

The alleged bribes were for Leung to provide one of the vice establishment operators with information in connection with anti-vice raids of the Police or enforcement activities of the Immigration Department in Mongkok.

Five other persons arrested in the same ICAC operation were charged in separate cases. The defendants are Goh Chee-keong, 33, keeper of a vice establishment; Lam Man-lung, 33, Kwong Shiu-yu, 36, Chan Yuen-fai, 47, and Li Wing-sum, 27, all pimps.

They face a total of seven alleged vice and drug-related offences.

Goh faces one count of assisting in managing a vice establishment in Shan Tung Street, Mongkok.

Lam is charged with three alleged offences. He is alleged of possessing 0.41 gramme of a powder containing 0.1 grammes of Ketamine, knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution of women, and exercising control over women with a view to their prostitu tion.

Kwong, Chan and Li each faces one count of conspiracy to live on earnings of prostitution.

The alleged offences took place between August last year and May this year.

Goh, Lam, Kwong, Chan and Li will appear in Kowloon City Magistracy for plea at 9:30 am on Wednesday (November 17, 2004), while Leung’s case will be mentioned at the same magistracy on November 29, 2004 for transfer to District Court.

The Police had rendered full assistance to the ICAC during the investigation.

The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearances.