Three serving and one former staff members of nightshift gully emptying teams of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) were charged by the ICAC today (Wednesday) for allegedly defrauding the Hong Kong Government by falsifying work records a nd sick leave certificates.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) continued to have the confidence of the community in its fight against corruption, Mr Fred Li Wah-ming, member of the Legislative Council and Advisory Committee on Corruption, said today (Wednesday).

A man admitted at Fanling Court today (Wednesday) that he had stood in as a “scapegoat” for an alleged pirated VCD distributor to face prosecution by the Police for copyright offences.

Two directors of a construction company were found guilty at District Court today (Tuesday) for forging payment vouchers of the Highways Department to cheat credit facilities totalling $27 million from a bank.

The District Court today (Tuesday) meted out prison terms ranging from six months to 21 months to three men for conspiring to construct substandard bored piles at Tung Chung Station Development Package II Site 4 (the project).

A barrister and a solicitor, charged by the ICAC for allegedly blackmailing a businesswoman and attempting to deceive $10 million from her by claiming that a favourable forensic report could be provided to prove the authenticity of her husband ' s will, appeared at Eastern Court today (Monday).

A sub-contractor admitted at Eastern Court today (Monday) that he had offered $300,000 in bribes to a former assistant manager of a cleansing services company to secure continued business with the company.

A barrister and a solicitor, who allegedly blackmailed a businesswoman and attempted to deceive $10 million from her by claiming that a favourable forensic report could be provided to prove the authenticity of her husband’s will, were charged by the ICAC yesterday (Saturday).

A Senior Police Constable was sentenced to six months ’ imprisonment at Kwun Tong Court today (Friday) for trying to swindle money out of a stall operator by fabricating a fund raising exercise for a police football team.

A teacher and a laboratory technician of a secondary school have been arrested by the ICAC for allegedly allowing unauthorised access to laboratory apparatus used in this year’s Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations (HKALE) before the examination took place.