An officer of the management company of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel was today (Friday) jailed for six months at Kwun Tong Court for perversion by giving a false statement about a traffic accident to the police.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is to hold its Open Day 2002 for members of the public on the following two Sundays (January 20 and 27) as part of a continuous effort to enhance transparency and public understanding on its anti-corrup tion work.

An unemployed man was today (Thursday) sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Tsuen Wan Court for offering illegal commissions to secure a $7 million renovation project for a hair salon.

The last batch of defendants convicted in connection with a forged bus pass scam facilitated by bribery were today (Wednesday) sentenced at District Court.

A woman, who returned to Hong Kong last month to face trial for a counterfeit credit card bribery case after hiding for eight years, pleaded guilty at the District Court today (Tuesday).

A re-trial at the Eastern Court today (Monday) sent a proprietor of an engineering company to jail for 12 months for offering illegal rebates totalling $335,000 to a former chief estate manager over maintenance contracts at Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay.

Two company directors were today (Thursday) sent to jail by the District Court for conspiring to cheat bank credit facilities totalling $10.5 million with bogus business transactions.

The ICAC today (Thursday) charged an emigration consultant and six applicants for alleged scams to use forged documents to apply for emigration to Canada.

Thirteen people, earlier arrested in an ICAC operation for an alleged bribery scam in relation to the supply of counterfeit locks for Housing Authority's housing projects, were charged today (Tuesday).

A former dealer of a securities company admitted at Eastern Court today (Friday) that she had swindled about $12 million worth of cash and shares from her clients to make up for her own losses in share investment.