A then clerk of a handbag manufacturer, charged by the ICAC, today (June 30) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that he had accepted bribes totalling over $400,000 from two employees of a currency exchange company for causing the manufacturer to remit $120 million via the currency exchange company.

A former head of the human resources department of an information technology company, charged by ICAC, was today (June 30) sentenced to seven weeks’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for soliciting bribes from three job applicants for assisting them to obtain a higher monthly salary.

Three former site team leaders of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project) were charged by the ICAC yesterday (June 28) for allegedly accepting bribes totalling over $800,000 from more than 80 construction workers in relation to their employment with the sub-contractor. One of the trio allegedly accepted bribes of over $700,000, and perverted the course of public justice by instructing workers to make false statements to the ICAC claiming that they had not paid any bribes.

A mortgage loan applicant, charged by the ICAC, was today (June 29) sentenced to 22 months’ imprisonment after admitting at the District Court that she had deceived two financial institutions into granting her two mortgage loans totalling $5.7 million by fraudulent means. The offences were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the Commission.

Six directors or proprietors of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) were charged yesterday (June 26) in separate cases after it was revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the ICAC that they allegedly conspired with others to defraud a bank to approve loans totalling about $19 million to six SMEs through the Special 100% Loan Guarantee (SLG) by making false representations concerning their sales turnovers and employees payrolls.

A logistics subcontractor, charged by the ICAC, was today (June 27) convicted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts of bribery by inflating delivery fees and returning the differences to a manager of a logistics company as “sweetener” for maintaining a good relationship with the latter and his showing favour to the subcontractor in outsourcing various delivery orders worth totalling about HK$1.7 million.

For upgrading its facilities, the ICAC Regional Office (Kowloon West) at G/F, Nathan Commercial Building, 434 - 436 Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon will be temporarily closed from next Monday (July 3) for two months. The ICAC apologises for any inconvenience caused.

The general manager of an intermediary company, charged by the ICAC yesterday (June 25), was brought to the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (June 26) for allegedly offering bribes to a bank manager for assisting clients to open corporate accounts with the bank.

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 for soliciting and accepting bribes totalling over $180,000 from six scaffolders for securing their employment with the sub-contractor, was today (June 23) sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts.

The ICAC had earlier charged a then Assistant General Manager of the Hongkong Post (HKPost) with misconduct in public office (MIPO) for allegedly concealing his conflicting interest when handling the tendering exercise of an online platform redevelopment project, causing a contract worth about $4.2 million be awarded to a contractor operated by his cousin and her spouse. The contractor couple were today (June 23) given suspended sentences at the District Court after pleading guilty to obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception.