A director of a Mainland's window company and his son were today (Friday) charged by the ICAC for their alleged involvement in a $110 million Letters of Credit (L/C) fraud.

A former Police Constable was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment at Tuen Mun Court today (Friday) for posing as a Customs and Excise (C&E) officer to deceive "bribes" from illegal oil stations and shops selling pirated or pornographic video compact disc s (VCDs).

The Court of First Instance today (Friday) dismissed former Legislative Councillor Chim Pui-chung's appeal against his conviction of corruptly treating voters and incurring election expenses without authorisation in relation to the 1998 Legislative Counci l elections.

A former pharmaceutical product salesman admitted at District Court today (Friday) that he had demanded $300,000 to help a debt collector secure acquittal in a criminal case, falsely claiming that he had the support of a very senior official in the Depart ment of Justice.

In an operation which commenced yesterday (Wednesday), the ICAC has arrested 32 persons, including eight serving officers and a former Assistant Assessor of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), for alleged involvement in two separate taxation bribery scam s.

An Assistant Officer II of the Correctional Services Department, charged by the ICAC with allegedly soliciting bribes from a prisoner for providing a mobile phone and accepting an unauthorized loan, appeared at San Po Kong Court today (Thursday).

Nine hawkers respectively operating in the Western District and Chai Wan were today (Thursday) charged by the ICAC in separate cases for allegedly arranging "scapegoats" to face prosecution for obstruction offences.

A former Assistant Assessor arrested in an ICAC operation which netted 32 persons was charged this evening by the ICAC for his alleged involvement in a tax bribery scam.

Sixteen people, including a medical practitioner and a bonesetter, were charged by the ICAC for allegedly swindling over $46,000 in insurance claims from a number of insurance companies with false medical certificates and documentation.

An unlicenced newspaper stall operator was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Eastern Court today (Tuesday) for arranging a "scapegoat" to face prosecution by the then Urban Services Department (USD) and admit obstruction offence in court.