In an operation which commenced yesterday (Tuesday), the ICAC has arrested six Mainland workers suspected of having corruptly colluded to submit false survey reports on the condition of over 2,000 sewage and drainage pipes throughout the territory to the Drainage Services Department (DSD).

A 10-member delegation, led by Mr Zhang Xuejun, Chief Procurator of the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate (GDPP), today (Tuesday) called on the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) as part of a five-day visit to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

An alleged member of a criminal syndicate was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, suspended for two years, at District Court today (Tuesday) for conspiring to arrange for a "scapegoat" to face prosecution for smuggling 347 projection TV sets worth about $10 million into the Mainland.

The piling work contractor of the Airport Railway Hong Kong Station Northern Site project (Northern Site) was today (Tuesday) sentenced to three-and-a-half years' imprisonment at District Court for having instructed a number of persons to construct substa ndard bored piles at the site.

The piling work contractor of the Airport Railway Hong Kong Station Northern Site project (Northern Site) admitted at District Court today (Monday) that he had instructed a number of persons to construct substandard bored piles at the site.

Nine people, including an unsuccessful candidate of the Kowloon City District in the 1999 District Councils (DC) election, were today (Monday) charged by the ICAC for their alleged involvement in a vote-planting scam.

A former pharmaceutical product salesman was jailed for 16 months at District Court today (Monday) for demanding $300,000 to help a debt collector secure acquittal in a criminal case by falsely claiming that he had the support of a very senior official in the Department of Justice.

Two architects of the Housing Department (HD) and an employee of a main contractor, arrested in an ICAC operation last month in connection with suspected corruption over two HD housing projects in Fanling and Tin Shui Wai, have been charged with bribery o ffences.

The ICAC yesterday (Friday) arrested a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) attached to the Police Forensic Firearms Examination Bureau (FFEB) for alleged corrupt dealings with two companies which respectively provided bullet resistant vests and hi-tech equipment to the Police.

Eight persons were arrested by the ICAC yesterday (Thursday) for allegedly defrauding at least $190 million from the Housing Authority (HA) through manipulating the tendering process in connection with the supply and installation of metallic gatesets for HA's housing projects.