One more Housing Department's employee, an Assistant Clerk of Works, was charged by the ICAC in connection with alleged corruption scams over a public housing development project at Tin Shui Wai.

A former police officer and a VCD shop operator were today (Friday) sentenced to jail for two years and 18 months respectively for plotting to arrange a "scapegoat" to face prosecution by the Customs and Excise Department (C&E) for selling pirated VCDs.

A former construction worker, who was arrested by the ICAC for allegedly intimidating a witness in the trial of a false accounting case, was charged and brought to Western Court this (Friday) afternoon.

In response to press inquiries, an ICAC spokesman today (Friday) confirmed that the ICAC is looking into corruption allegations in connection with renovation funding for the Lim Por Yen Centre.

The Court of First Instance has ordered to forfeit $500,000 bail money, a property bond in Yuen Long worth about $3 million and $200,000 surety from a Chinese woman for breach of bail conditions in connection with an alleged drug trafficking case.

An engineering company proprietor, who was among 18 persons arrested early this week in connection with suspected bribery scams involving Architectural Services Department (ASD) officers in relation to maintenance works at various government properties, w as charged by the ICAC late last night and appeared in Eastern Court this (Thursday) morning.

An engineering contractor was sentenced to two years behind bars at District Court today (Wednesday) for conspiring with a former hotel engineering manager to inflate job quotations for various projects at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, including the instal lation of equipment for the filming of the handover celebrations.

The chairman of Hung Fung Group Holdings Ltd. (Hung Fung), which is a listed company, Chan Chun-hung, was arrested by the ICAC on Saturday (October 7) in relation to a $90 million credit scam allegedly facilitated by bribery involving a bank's senior staf f.

Four people, including a Police Constable, were convicted at San Po Kong Court today (Monday) of plotting to arrange a substitute to face prosecution by the Customs and Excise Department (C&E) for selling pirated VCDs.

ICAC Commissioner Alan Lai Nin kicked off the Commission’s Open Day today (Saturday) as he greeted the first group of visitors.