A member of the Shatin District Council, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at District Court for soliciting and accepting bribes in relation to the renewal of coach service at a residential estate in Ma On Shan.

The former general manager of publicly listed Shanghai Land Holdings Limited (Shanghai Land) and two other persons, charged by the ICAC, were today (Monday) sentenced to jail terms at District Court for their respective roles in manipulating the trading i n the shares of the listed company, and frustrating an investigation by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in relation to the market manipulation.

Seventy members of the District Fight Crime Committee (DFCC) visited the ICAC this week to learn first hand the latest corruption situation and major anti-corruption efforts of the ICAC.

Two persons, charged by the ICAC, were today (Friday) convicted at District Court of conspiring to defraud the minority shareholders of a listed company in relation to its acquisition.

The ICAC has arrested 21 persons for alleged involvement in bribery over unauthorised disclosure of customers’ information of various telecommunication service providers to debt collectors.

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) today (Wednesday) rejected a Superintendent of Police's application for leave to appeal against his conviction of deceiving $230,000 from financial institutions and acting as a guarantor for a $180,000 loan obtained by frau dulent means.

Two incumbent and one former members of the Kowloon City District Council (KCDC) were today (Tuesday) charged by the ICAC over their alleged involvement in deceiving rental allowances totalling about $250,000 from the Government through inflating the mont hly rent paid for renting their joint ward office.

The ICAC Commissioner, Mr Raymond Wong Hung-chiu, exchanged views with a group of secondary school principals on the promotion of moral education for youth and updated them on the Commission's latest anti-corruption initiatives.

An officer of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) and a subcontractor, charged by the ICAC, were today (Friday) sentenced at District Court for bribery in relation to the subcontracting of EMSD air-conditioning maintenance works.

A Detective Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, was today (Tuesday) sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for conspiring to pervert the course of public justice by orchestrating staged drug arrests, so that a police suspect co uld falsely present himself as an informer to reduce his criminal liability in a dangerous drug case.