A mechanical foreman was today (Monday) sentenced to one year's imprisonment at District Court for soliciting "tea money" of $80,000 and accepting $20,000 as rewards for facilitating the delivery of construction materials at a private construction site in Siu Sai Wan.

A company director was jailed for nine years at the Court of First Instance today (Saturday) for cheating banks out of $112 million in connection with applications from Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (Guangnan) for Letters of Credit (L/Cs) facilities based o n bogus commercial transactions.

About 50 members of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants visited the Independent Commission Against Corruption this (Saturday) morning as part of the Commission's continuing efforts to open up to the public.

A former registered nurse of the Hospital Authority (HA) was today (Friday) sentenced at Tuen Mun Court for cheating housing allowances totalling $138,000, by falsely claiming that she had lived in the subsidized property which she in fact leased to other people.

Former legislator Gary Cheng Kai Nam, charged by the ICAC with alleged offences including accepting an advantage as a public servant, and misconduct in public office, appeared at Eastern Court this (Friday) morning.

Former legislator Gary Cheng Kai Nam was today (Thursday) charged by the ICAC with a total of five offences, including accepting an advantage as a public servant, and misconduct in public office.

Two former karaoke waiters, who were earlier arrested by the ICAC for corruptly assisting a counterfeit credit card syndicate to capture card data with a match-box-sized skimmer, pleaded guilty at San Po Kong Court today (Wednesday).

A mechanical foreman today (Monday) admitted having solicited "tea money" of $80,000 and accepted $20,000 as rewards for facilitating the delivery of construction materials at a private construction site in Siu Sai Wan.

A painting worker, who cheated insurance claims by using false medical certificates to show that he sustained brain injuries following a traffic accident in a city in Fujian Province, was jailed for two years at Eastern Court today (Monday).

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is joining forces with 18 District Councils and community groups to launch a series of parenting programmes to foster a clean culture in the younger generation.