A director of printing companies was charged by the ICAC today (September 16) for allegedly conspiring with a managing director of a fashion accessories company to inflate the amounts of 32 purchase orders and offering the price differences as bribes to the latter in return for business worth over $1.08 million.

The ICAC today (September 13) charged a former principal of a government-aided primary school for allegedly lying to the school that he had not received his salaries for two consecutive months and deceiving the school into double paying him salaries totalling over $150,000. He was also alleged of making false claim that he had been authorised to withdraw school funds and defrauded the school of $120,000 for personal use.

The ICAC today (September 12) charged two formwork team leaders of a public housing estate construction project subcontractor with allegedly accepting and soliciting bribes totalling about $44,000 from two workers as a condition for them to be employed by the subcontractor.

A former staff of a stationery company, charged by the ICAC, was today (September 12) convicted at the District Court for fraud by falsifying quotations, secretly purchasing plastic pellets at lower prices and reselling them to the stationery company at $7.2 million, pocketing inflated amounts totalling about $1.7 million. The offence was revealed in the course of a corruption investigation.

At the opening ceremony of the ninth Belt and Road (B&R) Summit today (September 11), ICAC Commissioner, Mr Woo Ying-ming, exchanged Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with representatives of anti-corruption agencies of Maldives and Indonesia. The ceremony was witnessed by the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee.

The ICAC today (September 11) charged a former Senior Electrical and Mechanical Engineer of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) for allegedly accepting unauthorised loans totalling over $360,000 from four subordinates in breach of the anti-bribery law.

The ICAC today (September 11) charged a retired Senior Immigration Assistant of the Immigration Department (ImmD) with offences under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO) for allegedly using application forms containing false statements on nine occasions to conceal his outstanding loans with financial institutions and to obtain salary advance of $260,000 over a span of 12 years during his tenure.

Graft-fighters from around the world completed the nine-day Professional Anti-corruption Training in Major Infrastructure Projects for Belt and Road (B&R) Countries hosted by the Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption of the ICAC. Drawing from the experience of Hong Kong and the Mainland, course participants studied how to take forward infrastructure megaprojects with integrity through innovative technology to co-build a “Clean Silk Road”.

The ICAC yesterday (September 9) charged a former security supervisor of a private residential estate with allegedly accepting bribes totalling over $10,000 from four subordinate security guards for assigning them to work on special shifts with extra allowances.

The ICAC today (September 9) charged a team leader of carpenters of the Three-Runway System Project (3RS Project) of the Hong Kong International Airport with allegedly accepting bribes totalling about $54,000 from 10 imported workers for assisting them over their continuous employment.