A former chairman of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta (HKS), charged by the ICAC, appeared at North Kowloon Court today (Thursday) for allegedly misappropriating $220,000 by inflating the amount of allowances paid to various musicians.

Nineteen serving Hawker Control Grade officers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), charged by the ICAC, were today (Thursday) sentenced to suspended jail terms at District Court for conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice i n taking enforcement action against hawkers at Yan Oi Court in Kwun Tong.

Eight people, including a former senior bank manager earlier arrested in an ICAC operation for their alleged involvement in a HK$50 billion cross-boundary money laundering case, were charged today (Monday), following a joint investigation by a special task force of the ICAC and the Police.

A former resident engineer, charged by the ICAC, was today (Friday) sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment at District Court for accepting advantages including free trips and nightclub entertainment in connection with a defective pile at a residential building project near Tung Chung Station.

A former sales executive of a telecommunication company was today (Thursday) sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment at Eastern Magistracy for accepting advantages for reserving telephone numbers and conspiracy to defraud the Inland Revenue Department over t ax deduction matters.

An unemployed man, arrested by the ICAC in the course of a corruption inquiry concerning "staged" arrests of drug traffickers, was today (Thursday) sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment at the Court of First Instance for helping a drug dealer to recruit a c ourier to traffic in dangerous drugs.

A man, arrested by the ICAC in the course of a corruption inquiry concerning "staged" arrests of drug traffickers, admitted today (Wednesday) at the Court of First Instance that he had helped a drug dealer to recruit a courier to traffic in dangerous drug s, "ICE".

Two former company directors were each jailed for 12 years by the Court of First Instance today (Tuesday) for their involvement in substandard piling works at two Home Ownership Scheme housing blocks in Yuen Chau Kok, Shatin.

Nineteen serving Hawker Control Grade officers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), charged by the ICAC, were today (Friday) convicted at District Court of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice in taking enforcement action against hawkers at Yan Oi Court in Kwun Tong.

A proprietor of a design company, who at the suggestion of a Principal Inspector of the Education Department (ED), had forged a number of quotations in order to obtain design and printing contracts from ED, was given a suspended sentence today (Friday).