A former member of the Shatin District Council (DC), charged by the ICAC, was today (Wednesday) convicted of making false claims of expenditures totalling about $75,000 from Shatin DC.

Thirty-two persons, including two Police Sergeants, have been arrested by the ICAC in an operation commencing Monday (May 3) night for alleged corruption in providing information on police action against vice establishments in Mongkok.

Six persons, including a Detective Police Sergeant, have been arrested by the ICAC for alleged bribery and perverting the course of public justice in connection with a police investigation of suspected criminal damage and extortion through triad involveme nt.

Fourteen persons have been arrested by the ICAC yesterday (Thursday) for alleged corruption and fraud in relation to the awarding of various service contracts at construction site for a viaduct project in Sham Shui Po.

A woman was today (Wednesday) sentenced to four months' imprisonment at the Eastern Magistracy for fabricating a corruption report against a number of police officers, accusing them of accepting an advantage for framing her for deception.

The Court of First Instance today (Tuesday) meted out jail terms up to six and a half years to five persons for their roles in a US$28.78 million (about HK$223 million) Letters of Credit (L/Cs) fraud involving Keen Lloyd Group (KLG).

The ICAC has arrested 39 persons, including an Assistant Manager of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA), for alleged bribery and fraud involving compensation totalling about $10 million over a number of redevelopment projects of URA.

A new five-episode TV drama series " ICAC Investigators 2004 ", jointly produced by the ICAC and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), will make its debut tomorrow (Sunday).

In response to press enquiries, an ICAC spokesman today (Thursday) confirmed that the Commission has arrested 11 persons in relation to the suspected illegal excavation of boulders from Tung Chung River, including a chairman of a rural committee alleged t o have accepted advantages to facilitate the scam.

The former chairman of an owners incorporation (OI) of a residential building in Happy Valley was today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly stealing over $89,000 from the OI.