Eight persons, including a former trade representative of an East African country, were charged by the ICAC today (Wednesday) for allegedly forging passports and defrauding loans from finance companies.

Six former technicians of a building material testing company were today (Thursday) charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud by producing false concrete samples relating to a Housing Department (HD) construction project in Tuen Mun.

The ICAC has charged a former primary school headmaster for allegedly cheating school funds with bogus purchases and overtime (O.T.) allowances paid for additional duties taken up by teaching staff.

A manager of the main contractor for the construction of the Chek Lap Kok Airport's second runway denied accepting two Rolex watches for giving favourable treatment to a sub-contractor when he appeared in Eastern Court today (Thursday).

The ICAC has arrested seven quality control inspectors of a garment trading company for allegedly accepting about $500,000 in bribes over the past two years in return for lax inspection of garments supplied by manufacturers in Hong Kong and Macau.

An ICAC investigation earlier revealed that a former credit control officer of a Japanese bank operating in Hong Kong had allegedly pocketed loan payments totalling about $750,000 to support a luxury life.

The ICAC has arrested a finance company director for allegedly deceiving $700,000 from a timber merchant by lying that the money would be paid to a senior executive of a Mainland-funded financial institution for releasing a $23 million loan.

A Senior Detective Police Constable was today (Saturday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly soliciting a $200,000 bribe for offering assistance to two brothers in the investigation of a $8 million deception case.

Community bodies organising activities that promote anti-corruption message can now apply for funding from the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) under the Community Involvement Programme (CIP).

The ICAC has earlier arrested a Detective Police Constable at a shopping mall after he allegedly took a $2,000 bribe from a man for assisting him to negotiate repayment terms with a loanshark syndicate.