Four more company directors and executives were today (Thursday) charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud the Highways Department (HyD) over the disposal of asbestos wall panels of the Aberdeen Tunnel.

A reporter was today (Monday) sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Western Magistracy for offering bribes to a former security guard for unauthorized access to a location-shooting site of a film company.

A contractor, charged by the ICAC, was today (Friday) sent to jail to serve his prison term, after the Court of First Instance dismissed his appeal against sentence and conviction of offering a free package tour to an owners' incorporation (OI) chairlady for obtaining $1.1 million worth of lift maintenance contracts of a residential estate in Shatin.

The former chairman of a publicly listed company and a certified public accountant, charged by the ICAC for alleged fraud over the listing of the company and applications for Letters of Credit (L/Cs), were laid with an additional theft charge when they ap peared in Eastern Magistracy today (Tuesday).

A former dim sum supervisor of a restaurant, a food supplier and his delivery worker were today (Friday) sentenced to jail terms ranging from 18 months to three years and two months at District Court for bribery scams in relation to the placing of purchas e orders for food ingredients.

A businessman, arrested by the ICAC during a corruption inquiry, was today (Monday) sentenced to seven years' imprisonment at District Court for possessing false immigration documents as well as equipment for facilitating the forgery.

A man was charged by the ICAC and brought to Eastern Magistracy this (Thursday) morning for his alleged involvement in a plot to murder an ICAC witness in relation to the trial of a $8 billion cigarette smuggling case allegedly facilitated by corruption.

A Detective Police Constable (DPC) and two civilians were today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly perverting the course of public justice by interfering in a Police identification parade in relation to a suspected robbery case.

The following is a statement issued by Mr Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong, the outgoing Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, following today's announcement of his appointment to the post of Secretary for Security:

Three former partners of an engineering company have been charged by the ICAC for allegedly offering bribes totalling over $1.1 million to officers of the Hong Kong Housing Society (HS) over the use of fire-protection materials for HS' maintenance project s.