Five alleged members of a criminal syndicate were convicted at District Court today (Friday) of conspiring to arrange for a "scapegoat" to face prosecution for smuggling 347 projection TV sets worth $1.1 million into the Mainland.

Four people, who were charged by the ICAC for allegedly conspiring to offer advantages to employees of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in return for checking certain bank accounts, appeared in Eastern Court today (Thursday).

A Senior Foreman and five Artisans of the then Urban Services Department (USD), together with a former Artisan, were charged by the ICAC today (Tuesday) with bribery and stealing burial property from coffins at the Cape Collinson Crematorium.

A piling work contractor who returned to Hong Kong from the United States yesterday evening appeared in Eastern Court this (Monday) afternoon on bribery and conspiracy charges in relation to the substandard piling scam at the Airport Railway Hong Kong Sta tion project.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption today kicked off this year's children moral education project amidst much fanfare at the Gee-dor-dor Olympic Fun Day.

The piling work contractor of the Airport Railway Hong Kong Station project, earlier arrested by the Federal Bureau Investigator (FBI) in the United States on ICAC's behalf, has agreed to waive extradition proceedings and return to Hong Kong to face prosecution in relation to the substandard piling bribery case.

An Immigration Officer who had accepted bribes for helping a number of Mainland citizens, including an alleged triad leader wanted by the Government of the United States, to enter Hong Kong illegally, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment at the Distr ict Court today (Friday).

A former pharmaceutical product salesman who allegedly claimed that he could help a debt collector facing criminal charges secure acquittal has been charged by the ICAC with blackmail and deception.

A Senior Training Officer of the Civil Service Training and Development Institute (CSTDI), who was alleged to have wilfully concealed her marital relationship with the contractor when awarding him contracts for the production of various CSTDI training materials, was charged by the ICAC with misconduct in public office.

Prison sentences were meted out to two former cinema staff at San Po Kong Court today (Wednesday) for pocketing proceeds totalling about $130,000 from the sale of 3,600 stolen tickets.