The vast majority of the community recognised the significance of anti-corruption work to the overall development of Hong Kong and vouched their support for the ICAC, the latest opinion survey of the Commission revealed.

A former chairman of a listed company has been charged by the ICAC today (Tuesday) with accepting a bribe of $1 million for fraudulently inducing the listed company to acquire the shares of an investment company at a consideration of $380 million.

A woman has been charged by the ICAC with offering over $23,000 in bribes to two staff members of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and the Immigration Department (ImmD), and using a false letter of identity in her application for a niche for her late grandmother.

A Police Constable (PC), charged by the ICAC, was today (Friday) sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for soliciting and accepting advantages, and misconduct in public office by conducting unauthorised checks on personal particulars and/or criminal records from government computer databases for a businessman.

A Chinese medicine practitioner (CMP) appeared at the Fanling Magistracy today (Thursday) after being charged by the ICAC with conspiring with 18 then staff members of the Department of Health (DoH) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to use 700 false sick leave certificates to deceive sickness allowances and discretionary bonuses totalling about $100,000.

A former district director of an insurance company appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (Thursday) after being charged by the ICAC for allegedly defrauding the company of a signing fee amounting to over $4.4 million with false income-proof documents.

A director of a printing company and a director of a trading company, charged by the ICAC, were today (Tuesday) sentenced to jail terms up to 20 months at the District Court for deceiving loans totalling over $2.3 million from a bank and laundering those crime proceeds respectively.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has kickstarted a three-year multi-faceted clean elections campaign with an education and publicity programme for the 2015 District Council (DC) Election.

Two former employees of two recruitment agencies appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (Friday) after being charged by the ICAC for their alleged roles in a $37,000 bribes-for-jobseekers’ information scam.

A former consultant of a petroleum company, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment at the District Court after he admitted accepting bribes totalling $600,000 in relation to the company’s business.