The ICAC has smashed two syndicates allegedly involved in assisting unqualified borrowers to obtain personal installment loans from financial institutions by corrupt means.

A Police Sergeant was today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly swindling $250,000 from a victim.

"The Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market investigation was the biggest ICAC case involving law enforcement officers, with over 260 serving and former civil servants alleged to have corrupt dealings with a drug racket," a veteran ICAC investigator recounted.

The ICAC Commissioner Mr Raymond Wong Hung-chiu today (Monday) issues the following statement:

Two former staff of a department store have been charged by the ICAC for alleged bribery and fraud in relation to the purchase of computer and related equipment.

The ICAC Commissioner, Mr Raymond Wong Hung-chiu, will today (Thursday) call on the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate (GDPP) as part of the Commission's ongoing efforts to foster closer cooperation in graft fighting with its Mainland counterpart s.

Community groups are invited to apply for funds under the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)'s Community Involvement Programme to organise district projects to promote a culture of probity in society.

An unemployed man, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the District Court for offering $65,000 in bribes to a Police Sergeant for tipping off vice establishments in Mongkok about impending raids.

One more senior executive of publicly listed Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (International) Limited (TSL) has been charged by the ICAC today (Monday) following the prosecution of the company's former chairman, chairman and other top staff for alleged bribery, tax fraud and embezzlement.

Two former employees of a market management contractor of the Housing Department (HD), charged by the ICAC, were today (Monday) sent to jail at Tuen Mun Magistracy for soliciting and accepting illegal commissions from market tenants.