Eighteen serving and two former Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) officers were today (Wednesday) awarded the Commissioner’s Commendations or the Operations Directorate’s Commendations for their remarkable performance in investigative work and exemplary conduct.

Three Assistant Hawker Control Officers (AHCOs) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and four civilians were today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly arranging for a "scapegoat" to face prosecution for obstruction offences in Marble Road, North Point.

The general manager and a credit manager of Hang Seng Bank Limited (HSB), together with four businessmen, were charged by the ICAC with a total of 32 bribery and fraud charges in relation to the granting of Letters of Credit worth over HK$880 million.

A company director was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at the Court of First Instance today (Tuesday) for conspiring with a manager of the Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (Guangnan) to defraud a number of banks of US$54 million in Letters of Credit (L/ Cs) funds.

One more foreman of a nightshift gully emptying team of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) was sentenced for conspiring with his colleagues to defraud the government with falsified work records.

A former primary school headmaster and his brother, charged by the ICAC for cheating school funds with bogus purchases, were convicted at Kwun Tong Court today (Friday).

More than 50 members of the diplomatic community in Hong Kong, including more than 30 consul generals, visited the ICAC today (Friday) and took a first-hand look at the anti-corruption agency in action.

A Senior Police Inspector (SIP) was arrested by the ICAC yesterday (Thursday) on suspicion of corruptly protecting an illegal "Taiwan mahjong" gambling den inside a residential flat.

A foreman of a nightshift gully emptying team of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at North Kowloon Court today (Friday) for conspiring with his colleagues to defraud the government with falsified work records.

A man, who had claimed to be a trade representative of the Republic of Comoros arrested in an ICAC undercover operation, was sentenced to two-years-and-four months' imprisonment at District Court today (Thursday) for conspiring to forge a British National (Overseas) passport and other foreign passports.