Five members of a human smuggling syndicate who arranged for Mainland residents to enter the United States illegally with forged passports and swapped boarding passes received jail sentences up to four-and-a-half years at the District Court today (Tuesday ).

Two shareholders of a Japanese restaurant were today (Tuesday) each jailed for 10 months at District Court for offering monthly bribe payments totalling about $125,000 to a Police Sergeant.

An Overseer of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) was today (Monday) sentenced to four months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Tsuen Wan Court for cheating a government housing loan of $870,600.

A Mainland citizen awaiting the Court of Final Appeal's ruling on his right of abode application was sent to jail for 16 months this (Saturday) morning at Eastern Court for offering a bribe to an Immigration Officer.

A Mainland citizen awaiting the Court of Final Appeal's ruling on his claim of right of abode in Hong Kong was arrested by the ICAC yesterday for allegedly offering $20,000 to an Immigration Officer to obtain a Hong Kong identity card.

Two shareholders of a Japanese restaurant today (Friday) admitted that they had offered monthly bribe payments to a Police Sergeant, hoping that the officer would "protect" the restaurant from interference by triad gangsters.

A security guard was today (Friday) jailed for three months at Tuen Mun Court for deliberately fabricating allegations that two of his supervisors had solicited and accepted bribes from him for approving his leave application.

Three merchants today (Thursday) admitted at District Court that they had conspired to cheat Letters of Credit (L/C) facilities totalling about $1.2 million from a local bank with false business transaction records.

A former manager of a steel supplier was today (Wednesday) sent to jail for five months for forgery over non-compliant steel bars at the construction site of a Housing Authority (HA) Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) project in Yuen Chau Kok, Shatin.

ICAC Commissioner, Mr Alan Lai, today (Tuesday) called upon senior executives in the information technology industry to practise ethical management in order to effect a fair, efficient and transparent e-Business environment.