A brand new season of the “ICAC Investigators” drama series will hit local TV screens next Saturday as a major anti corruption initiative to mark the 35 th anniversary of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

A former principal of a government aided school was charged by the ICAC for misconduct in public office and conspiracy to defraud in awarding $250,000 worth of work orders of the school to companies owned by his brother.

Three former senior executives of an innovative products design company were today (Monday) charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud in relation to the company’s listing in Singapore, and deceiving loans, totalling $7.5 million, from a number of banks in Hong Kong.

Business leaders of small and medium enterprises were urged to uphold integrity and strengthen corporate governance despite difficult economic times.

The District Court today (Friday) meted out jail terms ranging from six to 18 months to four persons charged by the ICAC for bribery and fraud over the supply of frozen salmon and eel to Japanese restaurants and sushi stalls in supermarkets.

Eight former staff members of a cleaning contractor of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), charged by the ICAC, were today (Friday) sentenced to various jail terms up to 22 months for conspiracy to defraud in relation to wages paid to cl eaning workers and the subcontracting of a rodent and pest control contract worth $85 million.

An officer of the Labour Department (LD), charged by the ICAC, was today (Friday) sentenced at Kowloon City Magistracy for misconduct in public office by visiting a mahjong school while on duty on several occasions.

In times of global financial crisis, people are more inclined to take the risk of committing corruption or fraud offences to overcome real or perceived difficulties, the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Dr Timothy Tong Hin-ming warned.

The former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) sentenced to 25 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for misconduct in public office by pocketing donations intended for HKU and deceiving medical fees from private patients under his care at a public hospital.

The former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), charged by the ICAC, today (Tuesday) admitted misconduct in public office by pocketing donations intended for HKU and deceiving medical fees from private patients under his c are at a public hospital.