The ICAC is adopting a holistic strategy, encompassing robust law enforcement, meticulous prevention as well as comprehensive education to uphold a fair and clean Legislative Council (LegCo) Election.

The ICAC yesterday (October 27) charged a former Postman for allegedly deceiving the Hongkong Post (HKPost) by falsely representing that he had not engaged in outside work and defrauding the HKPost of salary payments while he was absent from duty during the work-from-home period under the epidemic.

An executive assistant manager of a hotel, charged by the ICAC, today (October 28) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that he had conspired with others to accept a bribe of $15,000 from a works contractor for allowing staff members of the hotel to assist in engineering and maintenance works which should have been done by the contractor.

The ICAC yesterday (October 26) charged a property agent with defrauding a bank, the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) and the HKMC Insurance Limited (HKMCI) of a mortgage loan of about $4.9 million by making false representations that a residential property was for self-use.

A former Police Sergeant, charged by the ICAC, was today (October 25) sentenced to four months in jail at the Fanling Magistrates’ Courts for accepting unauthorised loans totalling $216,000 from eight Police Constables (PCs).

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, today (October 25) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that he had assisted a site team leader to accept illegal rebates totalling $10,200 from three other construction workers for securing their employment with the sub-contractor.

Eleven persons, including four persons associated with a taxi association, charged by the ICAC, were today (October 22) sentenced to jail terms up to 12 months at the District Court for their roles in a bribery and vote-rigging scam for 118 persons to register as members of a professional organisation with false qualifications and to become electors of the Information Technology Functional Constituency (ITFC) of the 2016 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election, facilitating them to vote for a particular candidate at the election.

A property agent, charged by the ICAC, today (October 22) admitted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that he had accepted bribes totalling $118,000 from a subordinate for assisting the latter in procuring two property transactions which amounted to over $52.3 million.

Following enforcement actions taken by the ICAC earlier this year against illicit activities of soliciting and accepting illegal rebates from construction workers, the Commission today (October 21) charged six then employees of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project) with soliciting and accepting illegal rebates totalling about $70,000 from 11 others for securing their employment with the sub-contractor.

A woman, charged by the ICAC, today (October 21) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that she had offered bribes totalling $5,000 to a recruitment officer of a property developer for assisting her in securing a security guard job.