A former employee of a US domestic appliances manufacturer, charged by the ICAC, today (Tuesday) admitted at District Court that he had accepted more than HK$11 million and US$102,000 (about HK$795,600) in illegal commissions from two suppliers.

A former agent of a newspaper group based in Guangzhou, charged by the ICAC, was today (Monday) sentenced to 38 months' imprisonment at District Court for embezzling funds totalling about $5 million from the group.

A Senior Immigration Assistant of the Immigration Department has been charged by the ICAC for alleged misconduct in public office over the unauthorized use of the Department’s arrival and departure chops on the travel documents of a number of Mainlanders to facilitate their unlawful stay in Hong Kong.

The ICAC has arrested 27 persons in the past three days for alleged bribery in relation to the supply of food and flowers to two chain supermarkets.

ICAC's Chief Investigators' Command Course, an intensive professional training course on management and leadership in law enforcement, has attracted a record number of overseas participating agencies this year.

A businessman, wanted by the ICAC in connection with a 1982 investigation concerning a criminal syndicate which arranged Hong Kong residents to enter the United States with forged Taiwanese passports, was re-arrested last Saturday when attempting to enter Hong Kong from New York at the Hong Kong International Airport.

A Chief Technical Officer of the Drainage Services Department (DSD), charged by the ICAC, was today (Monday) sentenced to four months' imprisonment at Eastern Magistracy for accepting unauthorised loans totalling $70,000 from subordinates and deceiving lo ans of $125,000 from colleagues under various false pretexts.

A securities broker and a solicitor were today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly perverting the course of justice in relation to investigations by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Police over the suspected theft of shares by the securities broker.

The ICAC has launched a territory-wide project to foster positive values amongst young people through a web-based reading project and the publication of articles by over 100 accomplished writers and celebrities.

Four persons, charged by the ICAC for allegedly conspiring to defraud the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) in relation to the subcontracting of seven FEHD cleaning contracts worth over $106 million, appeared in Eastern Magistracy today (Th ursday).