Three police officers and two civilians, earlier arrested by the ICAC in relation to a corruption inquiry, were today (Thursday) charged for allegedly breaching Section 14(4) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (PBO).

A former company director was today sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for offering $400,000 in bribes to a Chief Building Services Engineer of the Housing Department (HD) in relation to the installation of electrical material at various Housing Authority (HA) building projects, while a co-defendant was earlier jailed for 20 months.

A District Court judge today (Wednesday) meted out jail terms of up to four years to two former senior managers of Hang Seng Bank Limited (Hang Seng Bank) and a company director in a bribery scam involving mortgage loans and Letters of Credit (L/C) facili ties amounting to $900 million.

Three former staff members of the Salvation Army (SA) and a casual worker, charged by the ICAC, appeared at Kwun Tong Magistracy today (Wednesday) for allegedly stealing bulks of clothes donated by the public.

Three persons were today (Tuesday) charged by the ICAC for their alleged roles in a fraudulent scheme to deceive several banks of Letters of Credit (L/C) facilities totalling $76 million.

A general manager and a credit manager of Hang Seng Bank Limited and a company director, charged by the ICAC, were today (Monday) convicted at District Court of bribery in relation to the granting of mortgage loans and about HK$900 million in Letters of Credit (L/C) facilities.

ICAC Commissioner Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong today (Friday) calls upon senior executives of the travel and tourism industry to maintain ethical management in embracing the challenges facing the industry.

A former policeman and two former security staff of a chained retailer, charged by the ICAC, were today (Thursday) sentenced at District Court for soliciting and accepting bribes for the policeman not to take action against suspected false accounting offe nces allegedly committed by a retailer staff.

Two former engineers of an engineering company, who were among 12 persons arrested by the ICAC yesterday during a corruption inquiry, were charged and brought to Eastern Magistracy this (Wednesday) afternoon for alleged involvement in a $3.7 million fraud .

A former chairman of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta (HKS) was today (Friday) convicted at District Court of misappropriating the orchestra's funds by inflating allowances paid to two musicians by over $95,000.