A woman, charged by the ICAC, today (December 19) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that she had disclosed the identity of a person under ICAC investigation.

A director of a shipping consultancy firm was charged by the ICAC today (December 18) for allegedly bribing a then senior executive of a financial company for engaging the director’s firm as the consultant of an iron ore shipping project which involved consultancy fees totalling over US$46.3 million. A director of another company, who allegedly handled part of the bribes, was also charged today for laundering crime proceeds of US$2.7 million.

Around 300 ICAC officers and guests today (December 16) demonstrated their perseverance and determination in the ICAC’s “Fighting Corruption: The Mission Continues” Kick-off Run at the Peak, raising the curtain for the Commission’s 50th anniversary celebration next year.

A Resident Doctor of a public hospital, who was charged by the ICAC with fraud revealed in the course of a corruption investigation, today (December 15) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that he had deceived the Hospital Authority (HA) into paying him special honorarium of over $110,000 by making false representations about his extra services performed on various occasions at another public hospital.

A then foreman and a then casual cleaning worker of a contractor of a public housing estate, charged by the ICAC, were today (December 14) respectively sentenced to seven months and five months in jail at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for conspiracy to defraud the contractor of wages totalling about $280,000 by falsifying the attendance records of cleaning workers. The offences were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the ICAC.

Three former employees of a listed company were charged by the ICAC yesterday (December 13) with conspiracy to defraud after a corruption investigation revealed that the trio had allegedly induced the listed company to pay licence and service fees totalling about $820,000 to two companies by making false representations.

A property investor and his mother, charged by the ICAC, were today (December 13) each sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for conspiracy to defraud by deceiving an investment partner into paying an agency commission of over $750,000 in the purchase of a shopping centre at $168 million revealed in a bribery probe.

A woman was charged by the ICAC this morning (December 11) for allegedly displaying on a social media page an online post which incited others to cast invalid votes at the 2023 District Council Ordinary Election (DC Election) during the election period.

A then director of a semiconductor manufacturer and a sales representative of a supplier, charged by the ICAC, were today (December 11) each sentenced to four weeks’ imprisonment after admitting at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts that they had offered and accepted bribes for facilitating the supplier to obtain a purchase order for items used in manufacturing semiconductors worth over RMB 500,000.

The ICAC further arrested a woman this afternoon (December 10) for allegedly reposting on an online social media page a post which incited others to boycott the 2023 District Council Ordinary Election (DC Election) during the election period.