A former security guard, charged by the ICAC, today (January 13) admitted at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts that he had offered bribes totalling $8,000 to his supervisors on three occasions over a period of 18 months for arranging him to act as and get promoted to assistant supervisor.

Two former insurance agents, charged by the ICAC, today (January 12) admitted in court that they had conspired to defraud an insurance company of commissions totalling over $750,000 by falsely representing that one of them had handled 10 insurance policies.

A Field Officer II of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), charged by the ICAC, today (January 12) admitted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that he had used false internal documents in relation to four stray dog cases to mislead the department.

A former guesthouse operator, charged by the ICAC, was today (January 11) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for offering bribes in cash, travel packages and reimbursements worth totalling over $30,000 to an agent of his landlord to resolve tenancy matters.

A former construction worker of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project), charged by the ICAC, was today (January 11) sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, for assisting a site team leader to accept illegal rebates totalling $10,200 from three other workers over their employment. Two co-defendants were earlier jailed for six months and two months respectively.

A former construction worker, charged by the ICAC, was today (January 11) convicted at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts of bribery over the employment of a fellow worker and made false representation to another worker over his Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) contribution so as to defraud him of part of his wages.

An Acting Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of the Home Affairs Department (HAD), charged by the ICAC, today (January 10) admitted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that she had used “Application for Time-off” forms to mislead the HAD about her visits to a Chinese medicine clinic for consultation and treatment during office hours while in fact she had attended hobby classes on those occasions.

The following statement is issued today (January 7) by ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu:

ICAC Commissioner, Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu, has been elected President of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) at its General Meeting on January 5, 2022.

One more then site team leader of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project) was today (January 4) sentenced to two months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts after admitting that he had solicited and accepted illegal rebates from two construction workers. The defendant was among six charged by the ICAC and the fourth to enter a guilty plea for bribery in assisting construction workers to secure employment with the sub-contractor.