Two officers of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), charged by the ICAC, were today (Friday) each sentenced to three months’ imprisonment at Eastern Magistracy for misconduct by helping 12 discharged inmates evade detection of abuses of dangerous drugs during statutory supervision periods.

Members of the public are encouraged to give their views on the problem of corruption in Hong Kong and anti-corruption efforts in a household opinion survey to be conducted by an independent pollster commissioned by the ICAC.

A former chairman of a listed company and an owner of a consultancy company, charged by the ICAC, were today (Thursday) convicted at the District Court of conspiring to defraud the listed company in a HK$53 million property transaction and handling HK$12 million in crime proceeds.

An ICAC delegation, led by Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu, will attend the Sixth Annual Conference and General Meeting of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, tomorrow (October 4).

A former employee of a bank appeared at Kowloon City Magistracy today (Friday) after being charged by the ICAC with using false application forms to deceive mortgage referral fees totalling over $19,500 from the bank.

A man, charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for offering a $1,000 “laisee” to a driving examiner of the Transport Department (TD) for getting a pass in a driving test.

A former member of the Minor Works Contractors Registration Committee (MWCRC), charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for soliciting and accepting bribes totalling $70,000 in relation to the registration of an engineering company as a minor works contractor.

The ICAC Commissioner Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu today (Wednesday) led a delegation to visit Macao Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) and the Macao Public Prosecutions Office to exchange the latest development of anti-corruption work in the two places.

A man, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy after being convicted of providing false information in the registration of elector in the 2011 Yau Tsim Mong District Council (DC) Election (King’s Park Constituency).

A former senior executive of a securities company, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) jailed for one year at the District Court for deceiving sub-underwriting commissions totalling about $600,000 in relation to rights issue, open offer and share pla cement exercises of three listed companies.