ICAC Command Course attracts international participants
2012-11-23
Thirty senior graft fighters and law enforcement officers from Hong Kong, Mainland, Macao and seven overseas countries have completed a four-week command course organised by the ICAC.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the ICAC Chief Investigators’ Command Course today (Friday), ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu said the course was designed to help these seasoned officers hone their leadership and management skills to meet challenges in combating crime and to become more effective leaders and mana gers.
Mr Peh said this course had not only helped participants broaden their horizons, but also provided them with experience-sharing and networking opportunities with counterparts from around the world.
This year’s course featured visiting and local speakers from prominent legal, business and academic fields, and case studies of major investigations conducted by senior ICAC officers.
Amongst the speakers/trainers were Mr John Forquer, a leadership instructor from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy of the United States; Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu, Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Dr Allan Zeman, Chairman of the Ocean Park Corporation; and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung of The University of Hong Kong.
Apart from 10 ICAC officers, three senior officials from the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Beijing Municipal People’s Procuratorate, the Guangdong Provincial People’s Procuratorate participated in the course. A senior officer of the Macao Commission Against Corruption also attended the course.
Other overseas participating agencies were the Anti Corruption Bureau of Brunei, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, the Corrupt Practice Investigation Bureau of Singapore, the Singapore Police Force, the N ew York City Department of Investigation, the FBI of the United States, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom, and the Serious Fraud Office of New Zealand.
Locally, the Hong Kong Police Force, the Immigration Department, the Customs and Excise Department, the Correctional Services Department, the Fire Services Department and the Securities and Futures Commission also sent their officers to participate in the course.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the ICAC Chief Investigators’ Command Course today (Friday), ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu said the course was designed to help these seasoned officers hone their leadership and management skills to meet challenges in combating crime and to become more effective leaders and mana gers.
Mr Peh said this course had not only helped participants broaden their horizons, but also provided them with experience-sharing and networking opportunities with counterparts from around the world.
This year’s course featured visiting and local speakers from prominent legal, business and academic fields, and case studies of major investigations conducted by senior ICAC officers.
Amongst the speakers/trainers were Mr John Forquer, a leadership instructor from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy of the United States; Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu, Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Dr Allan Zeman, Chairman of the Ocean Park Corporation; and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung of The University of Hong Kong.
Apart from 10 ICAC officers, three senior officials from the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Beijing Municipal People’s Procuratorate, the Guangdong Provincial People’s Procuratorate participated in the course. A senior officer of the Macao Commission Against Corruption also attended the course.
Other overseas participating agencies were the Anti Corruption Bureau of Brunei, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, the Corrupt Practice Investigation Bureau of Singapore, the Singapore Police Force, the N ew York City Department of Investigation, the FBI of the United States, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom, and the Serious Fraud Office of New Zealand.
Locally, the Hong Kong Police Force, the Immigration Department, the Customs and Excise Department, the Correctional Services Department, the Fire Services Department and the Securities and Futures Commission also sent their officers to participate in the course.