Two persons have been charged in separate cases by the ICAC for allegedly committing voting offences in the 2007 Village Representative Election (Resident Representative) for Pak Nai Tsuen in Yuen Long.

Six more chefs of five restaurants and a recreation club have been charged by the ICAC in five separate cases for alleged bribery in relation to the provision of frozen food supplies, following the prosecution of six others late last month.

The ICAC has charged a former project manager of the Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) for alleged fraud in relation to the awarding of construction, repair and renovation works.

The ICAC Commissioner Mr Timothy Tong today (Thursday) issued the following statement:

The ICAC has charged four persons in three separate cases for allegedly committing voting offences in the 2007 Village Representative Election (Resident Representative) for Lung Yeuk Tau in Fanling.

Five chefs of four restaurants serving Western food and a director of a frozen food company have been charged by the ICAC for allegedly conspiring to accept and accepting illegal rebates in relation to the provision of frozen food supplies to the restaura nts.

The ICAC has charged 11 registered voters of the 2007 Village Representative (VR) Election in nine separate cases for allegedly committing voting offences in the VR elections for Wo Liu Hang in Shatin and Ho Pui Tsuen in Yuen Long.

Five registered voters of the 2007 Village Representative (VR) Election were today (Tuesday) charged by the ICAC in two separate cases for allegedly committing voting offences in the VR election for Ho Pui Tsuen in Yuen Long.

The ICAC will target the younger generation in its new advertising campaign, with TV and radio commercials urging young people to “be smart and report corruption”.

Four former employees of a hotel, charged by the ICAC, were today (Thursday) each sentenced to two months’ imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for conspiracy to accept advantages for referring the hotel’s guests to patronise a tailor shop.