Two former airline staff and three other persons have been charged by the ICAC for their alleged roles in a bribery scam to help travellers from the Mainland to sneak out to overseas countries via the Hong Kong International Airport.

ICAC Commissioner Dr Timothy Tong Hin-ming led a delegation to visit Beijing on Monday (May 17) to exchange views on anti-corruption work and explore opportunities for furthering cooperation with anti-corruption authorities.

A football player, charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for offering a bribe to another footballer for his assistance in fixing a match.

A Senior Postal Officer of the Hongkong Post (HKPost), charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) ordered by a Kwun Tong Magistrate to perform 100 hours of community service for stocking up on postal stationery items which were subject to price adjustment and reselling them for personal gain.

An acting Principal Officer of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) ordered to perform 80 hours of community services for bringing a USB memory stick containing confidential documents of the department and pornographic images into a prison.

A football player, charged by the ICAC, admitted at Kowloon City Magistracy today (Friday) that he had offered a bribe to another footballer for his assistance in fixing a match.

A senior manager of KPMG, earlier charged by the ICAC with offering a bribe to his subordinate in relation to the global offering of Hontex International Holdings Company Limited (Hontex), was laid with an additional bribery charge when he appeared in Eas tern Magistracy today (Friday).

A football player, who was amongst five persons arrested in an ICAC operation in connection with suspected bribery in fixing a football match in the First Division Football League organised by the Hong Kong Football Association, was charged for his allege d role in offering an advantage to another football player this (Thursday) evening.

A former Administrative Assistant of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), charged by the ICAC, admitted at the District Court today (Wednesday) that she had misappropriated over $3 million worth of goods and cash with two corporate credit cards.

A Senior Postal Officer of the Hongkong Post (HKPost), charged by the ICAC, today (Wednesday) admitted at the Eastern Magistracy that he had stocked up on postal stationery items which were subject to price adjustment and resold them for personal gain.