An officer of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) was convicted at Eastern Court today (Thursday) of leaking EPD's computer information to help a man obtain noise abatement business from restaurants.

A divorced woman who had allegedly offered a District Court judge cognac, cigarettes and $10,000 cash to thank the judge for granting her the custody of her three children, appeared at Eastern Court today (Thursday).

A middleman in a loan scam was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment at Eastern Court today (Wednesday) for bribing an employee of a finance company to assist him in applying for loans with false documents.

An IT company executive, who obtained homepage design contracts from various organisations, including the Financial Secretary's Office, by fraudulent and deceptive means, was sentenced to 190 hours of community service today (Tuesday).

A Senior Police Constable, who had allegedly attempted to swindle money out of a hawker by claiming that the Police was raising funds for its football team, was charged by the ICAC today (Monday).

A former police constable and an unemployed man, who allegedly posed as Customs and Excise officers and solicited monthly protection fees from an illegal oil station, were arrested and detained by the ICAC.

The ICAC has charged a Detective Police Sergeant for allegedly accepting free massage services as well as cash from a massage parlour operator in return for tip-offs on police inspections.

Two brothers, involved in a $1.5 million drug manufacturing and trafficking case revealed in an ICAC investigation, were jailed for 24 years and 11 years at the Court of First Instance today (Thursday).

Three more Village Representatives of the Yuen Long Shap Pat Heung (SPH), including a vice-chairman of the Executive Committee of the SPH Rural Committee, were charged by the ICAC today (Thursday) with bribery offences in connection with the 1999 Rural Co mmittee Election.

A director of a chemical products company, charged by the ICAC for conspiracy to defraud and offering illegal rebate totalling about $1 million, was jailed for 18 months at Tuen Mun Court today (Tuesday).