One of the two directors of a trading company, who had absconded after being charged by the ICAC in 2015, was today (November 13) sentenced to 11 months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts after admitting conspiracy to bribe a vice president of a bank over the acceptance of a standby letter of credit (L/C) in the amount of 500 million euros as collateral for granting its credit facility application.

A former site team leader of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project), charged by the ICAC, was today (November 10) sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts for soliciting and accepting bribes totalling about $14,000 from two construction workers in relation to their employment with the sub-contractor.

A then Assistant Officer II of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), charged by the ICAC, today (November 9) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that he had committed misconduct in public office (MIPO) for allowing an inmate to operate his staff handheld device for accessing confidential information to locate another inmate to obtain a cigarette.

A former manager of Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC), charged by the ICAC, was today (November 9) convicted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts of fraud and other offences for deceiving the HKDC into engaging two vendors operated by her husband to provide marketing services in five projects sponsored by the government involving a total contract sum of about $400,000 by concealing her conflict of interest.

The ICAC yesterday (November 7) charged two former technical staff of a property management company for allegedly deceiving the company into awarding various work orders worth totalling $2.1 million to a contractor set up by the duo who were uncle and cousin by concealing their conflict of interest and using false quotations. The conspiracy to defraud offences were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the Commission.

The ICAC today (November 7) has launched the Business Sector Integrity Charter (the Charter). Through collaboration with major chambers of commerce, the Commission calls on the business sector to adopt the Integrity Management System (IMS) with a view to enhancing company ethics and corporate governance, fostering the sector’s long-term and stable development, and co-building a clean business environment.

A then contract customer service assistant of the Transport Department (TD), charged by the ICAC, today (November 3) admitted at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts that she accessed a computer system of the TD dishonestly to process 15 applications for license renewal and other services for a friend during the pandemic. The offence was revealed in the course of a corruption investigation.

A property agent charged by the ICAC was today (November 2) sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for soliciting and accepting bribes totalling $41,000 for assisting a tenant operating a claw machine shop to negotiate with the landlord for rent concessions and lease renewal during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ICAC earlier charged a former principal engineer of a government works consultant after a corruption investigation revealed that he had conspired to use false independent checking certificates and a false Ecological Appraisal Report in relation to three landslip prevention projects to deceive three government departments. The former principal engineer was today (October 27) convicted at the District Court after trial.

The ICAC today (October 27) charged an insurance intermediary after a corruption investigation revealed that he had allegedly conspired together with two policyholders to deceive an insurer into paying accident insurance compensation to them by making false representations about their injuries.