A property owner, charged by the ICAC, today (December 16) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that he had offered a “laisee” of $10,000 to a property agent of an estate agency in a bid to avoid paying the agency commission in relation to the sale of his flat.

The ICAC today (December 15) took further enforcement actions and arrested four persons for allegedly breaching Section 27A of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO) by “inciting another person not to vote, or to cast invalid vote, by activity in public during election period”. The Commission has so far arrested a total of 10 persons for allegedly committing the offence at the 2021 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election).

An Assistant General Manager of the Hongkong Post (HKPost) was charged by the ICAC today (December 14) with misconduct in public office (MIPO) for concealing from the HKPost his conflicting interest when handling the tendering exercise of a contract worth about $4.2 million, while his two relatives operating a company which won the contract were charged with obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception.

The ICAC today (December 9) arrested three persons for allegedly breaching Section 27A of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO) by “inciting another person not to vote, or to cast invalid vote, by activity in public during election period”. In another law enforcement action taken last month, the ICAC had arrested three other persons for allegedly committing the offence.

The ICAC today (December 7) charged a former manager of a bank with accepting bribes totalling about $60,000 from two clients for assisting them in the trading of stocks.

Following the prosecution of 10 former employees of two ramen shops for allegedly conspiring to steal cash proceeds from cash tills and committing bribery for conniving at the misappropriation, the ICAC last Friday (December 3) further charged a former head chef involved in the scheme with conspiracy to steal.

Over 270 ICAC officers were commended today (December 1) for their professionalism, outstanding performance, perseverance and dedicated services.

A Field Officer II of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) was charged by the ICAC today (December 1) for allegedly using false internal documents in relation to four stray dog cases to mislead the department and perverting the course of public justice.

A Magistrate today (November 29) issued warrants for the arrest of two persons, who are wanted by the ICAC for allegedly breaching Section 27A of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO) by “engaging illegal conduct of inciting another person not to vote, or to cast invalid vote, by activity in public during election period”.

A then Superintendent of Police, charged by the ICAC, was today (November 29) sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for deceiving the Government and a bank into granting him housing and mortgage loans totalling about $6 million by falsely representing that a flat he purchased was used by his family while in fact it was let to others.