Forty-one officers of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) were today (Friday) presented with awards in recognition of their outstanding performance in anti-corruption work.

A former regional manager of a chain supermarket was today (Thursday) charged by the ICAC and brought to Eastern Magistracy for allegedly accepting bribes from a food supplier and perverting the course of public justice by impeding the ICAC investigation.

A licensed plumber, charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Tsuen Wan Magistracy after being convicted of two bribery charges in relation to plumbing installation works.

A Detective Senior Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for taking a $10,000 bribe from a man for not prosecuting him for a suspected deception offence, and blackmail ing another person to collect the bribe for him.

A Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, was today (Wednesday) sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for accepting an advantage in relation to a stolen handbag.

An officer of the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB) in charge of the bureau's youth exchange programmes has been charged by the ICAC today (Tuesday) for allegedly misappropriating government funds totalling $1.5 million.

Two men, charged by the ICAC, were today (Thursday) sentenced at District Court for conspiracy to live on the earnings of prostitution by operating a pornographic website, which provided a wide range of one-woman brothel information in Hong Kong.

A Detective Senior Police Constable was today (Thursday) convicted at Kowloon City Magistracy of taking a $10,000 bribe from a man for not prosecuting him for a suspected deception offence, and blackmailing another person to collect the bribe for him.

A director of a construction company, charged by the ICAC, was today (Wednesday) sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for offering bribes to the chairman and treasurer of the incorporated owners (IO) of a private residential b uilding for securing a renovation contract.

The ICAC has today (Wednesday) charged eight persons for allegedly conspiring to defraud the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) of $147,000 in financial assistance for continuing education.