The ICAC today (November 16) charged a director and a manager of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for allegedly deceiving the Education Bureau (EDB) into granting funds totalling over $10 million to the NGO by making false representations in relation to after-school activities organised for primary and secondary school students.

A director of a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), charged by the ICAC, was today (November 12) convicted at the District Court of using copies of false audited reports and bank statements of the company to support its applications for banking facilities totalling $19 million with two banks.

A woman, charged by the ICAC, was today (November 12) sentenced at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for offering bribes totalling $5,000 to a recruitment officer of a property developer for assisting her in securing a security guard job.

The ICAC took law enforcement actions today (November 9) and arrested two men and one woman, aged between 29 and 65, 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”.

Following the conviction of 19 then laboratory staff of an engineering consultant of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) for producing false records on concrete cube compression tests for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Hong Kong Project, the ICAC today (November 5) further charged two then directors of the engineering consultant for defrauding the CEDD of a payment of about $2 million by concealing the falsified tests conducted by its staff.

The ICAC Regional Office (Hong Kong West/Islands), located at Ground Floor, Harbour Commercial Building, 124 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan will be temporarily closed from next Thursday (November 11) until further notice for upgrading of the air-conditioning system. The ICAC apologises for any inconvenience caused to the public.

Two estate agents were yesterday (November 3) charged by the ICAC with using transaction documents of 11 bogus property transactions, which involve agency commissions totalling over $7.2 million, to deceive their property agency.

The ICAC yesterday (November 2) charged two former insurance agents with defrauding an insurance company of commissions and insurance compensations totalling about $700,000 by making false representations in nine policy applications and their relevant insurance compensation claims.

The ICAC yesterday (November 1) charged an Amenities Assistant of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) with soliciting unauthorised loans from a subordinate and an employee of a contractor.

The ICAC noticed that appeals have been made on the Internet to members of the public for casting blank votes at the 2021 Legislative Council General Election which opens for nominations today (October 30).