Two Police Constables were today (Tuesday) charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice over the soliciting and acceptance of unauthorised loans.

Two staff members of a cemetery, charged by the ICAC, were today (Monday) each sentenced to one year’s imprisonment at Kwun Tong Magistracy for accepting bribes in relation to the exhumation of deceased persons.

A woman, charged by the ICAC, was today (Monday) sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment at Kwun Tong Magistracy for deceiving over $75,000 in Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA), and engaging in a bogus marriage to enable a Mainlander to apply for the right of abode in Hong Kong.

Four persons, charged by the ICAC, were today (Wednesday) sentenced to various jail terms at the District Court for their respective roles in fraudulent trading of derivative warrants and dealing with over $103 million in crime proceeds.

A woman, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) convicted at the District Court of dealing with over $103 million in crime proceeds in relation to the fraudulent trading of derivative warrants.

Two persons, charged by the ICAC, were today (Monday) convicted at the District Court of their roles in fraudulent trading of derivative warrants.

A former chairman of an Incorporated Owners (IO) of a residential building in Tsuen Wan, charged by the ICAC, was today sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at the Tsuen Wan Magistracy for pocketing $12,000 IO funds.

Two persons, who were arrested on Tuesday in a joint ICAC-Police operation in connection with corruption-facilitated cross-boundary vice activities, were today (Thursday) charged by the ICAC for keeping vice establishments.

Two staff members of a freight forwarder have been charged by the ICAC for allegedly using copies of false documents in their application to the Trade and Industry Department (TID) for a Certificate of Hong Kong Service Supplier (HKSS) for the purpose of joining the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA).

The community continues to show a strong disdain for corruption and maintains a high state of alert against the crime, the 2009 ICAC Annual Survey has found.