Two former directors and a former site agent of a piling subcontractor were today (Monday) charged by the ICAC in connection with substandard piling works at two Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) housing blocks in Yuen Chau Kok, Shatin.

Two more persons were charged by the ICAC in connection with multi-million credit frauds involving Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (Guangnan) and were brought to Eastern Court this (Friday) afternoon in two separate cases.

A former Station Officer of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) was jailed for six months at the Eastern Court today (Thursday) for pocketing $58,300 generated from add-value transactions for Octopus Smart Cards (Octopus Cards).

The Tuen Mun Court today (Thursday) meted out prison terms to two men who posed as Customs and Excise (C&E) officers to deceive "bribes" from illegal oil stations and shops selling pirated or pornographic video compact discs (VCDs).

Two partners of a construction works sub-contractor, charged by the ICAC, was each sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment at Tsuen Wan Court today (Wednesday) for offering bribes to a Highways Department (HyD) officer for speeding up the certification of completion of works.

A self-employed car broker was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Western Court today (Friday) for offering a $50,000 loan to a Police Detective Sergeant who was investigating him for alleged bookmaking offences.

The Hong Kong Government has recovered $13 million in cash from the estate of former police sergeant Ma Man-leung following civil proceedings instituted by the Department of Justice on behalf of the ICAC.

A director of a state-owned company's subsidiary in Hong Kong was today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly conspiring to defraud a number of banks of HK$45 million in Letters of Credit (L/Cs) facilities with bogus business transactions.

The ICAC has arrested two serving and one former staff members of the main contractor for a Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) construction project at Wang Tau Hom Estate Phase 14 in connection with the alleged use of reinforcement steel bars which had failed laboratory tests.

A former Chief Property Manager of the Government Property Agency was jailed for nine months at District Court today (Tuesday) for permitting the wrongful awards of government property management contracts worth over $157 million in total.