A developer and his two associates appeared in the Shatin Magistracy today (September 5) after being charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to offer bribes totalling $600,000 to a village resident representative for not opposing small house development projects of the developer in a village in Tai Po.

Two former site supervisors of a construction company, charged by the ICAC, were today (September 1) each sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistracy for conspiracy to accept illegal “referral fees” of over $160,000 in total from nine metal scaffolders for arranging and procuring their employment by the company.

ICAC Commissioner Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu today (Friday) called on corporate leaders and professionals to strive to foster an ethical culture from boardrooms to storerooms and steer their enterprises in a direction that went beyond compliance.

A freelance arborist, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 29) sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistracy after being convicted of conspiracy for a then arborist of a landscape architecture company to accept illegal commissions totalling over $250,000 in relation to the award of tree survey projects.

A woman Police Constable (PC), charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Eastern Magistracy today (August 28) that she had defrauded two persons and two licensed money lenders of loans totalling $110,000.

A director-cum-shareholder of a trading company appeared at the West Kowloon Magistracy today (August 25) after being charged by the ICAC with defrauding a bank of export invoice financing loans totalling about $13 million by using false commercial invoices.

Two former site supervisors of a construction company, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Kowloon City Magistracy today (August 24) that they had conspired together to accept illegal “referral fees” of over $160,000 in total from nine metal scaffolders for arranging and procuring their employment by the company.

A Technical Manager of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been charged by the ICAC today (August 22) with misconduct in public office (MIPO) and conspiracy to defraud the university by securing over $841,000 worth of purchase orders and renovation works for a scientific company without disclosing his financial interest in the company.

A former worker of a metal works company, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Eastern Magistracy today (August 17) that he had conspired with a former site supervisor to accept illegal wage rebates of over $142,000 in total from four other workers in relation to their employment at various construction sites.

Two persons, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the District Court today (August 15) that they had defrauded the International Social Service Hong Kong Branch (ISS) of government allowances totalling about .2 million by falsely representing as landlords of its service users, while one of them also pleaded guilty to perverting public justice.