Following an investigation stemming from a corruption complaint referred by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), a then human resources manager of the HKTDC and her younger sister were charged by the ICAC yesterday (March 25) for allegedly concealing conflict of interest by failing to disclose their relationship in a recruitment exercise where the siblings were the interviewer and candidate, with the intent to deceive the organisation, resulting in the employment of the younger sister.

The ICAC and the Office of the National Anti-corruption Commission of Thailand (NACC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today (March 25) at the ICAC Headquarters to foster sustainable collaboration in anti-corruption through effective information and experience sharing.

The ICAC, in its ongoing effort to crack down on corruption in grand renovation projects, charged five individuals in three cases on Monday (March 23) for allegedly offering bribes to members of incorporated owners (IO) and a representative of flat owners in relation to the grand renovation projects of three housing estates with project sums totalling about $90 million. The cases are set for mention at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts this morning (March 25).

Two defendants charged by the ICAC today (March 25) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice at the District Court. An investigation by the Commission revealed that an inmate of Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre (LCKRC) and his associates had arranged two crimes involving possession of unlawful arms, explosives or drugs to facilitate two other inmates’ applications for sentence reduction by tipping off the Police about the crimes. Early intervention by the ICAC successfully stopped the two arranged crimes

A tenant of a residential flat, charged by the ICAC, was today (March 25) sentenced to four and a half months’ imprisonment at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts for offering a bribe of $1,000 to an estate agent and requesting the latter to conceal from an estate agency that he had defaulted a tenancy agreement to avoid giving up his deposit as compensation.

Following Operation “Blizzard”, the ICAC charged multiple defendants for allegedly offering and accepting bribes in relation to sub-contracts of the Three-Runway System Project (3RS Project) of the Hong Kong International Airport. A former Principal Manager of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes of about $3.3 million and laundering crime proceeds totalling about $5.7 million, was today (March 24) sentenced to four years’ imprisonment at the District Court.

The ICAC today (March 24) charged four employees of a former designated car testing centre (DCTC) of the Transport Department (TD) for allegedly assisting a number of private cars to pass the annual vehicle examination by falsifying exhaust emission test results. Following ICAC’s law enforcement action, TD had removed the centre from the list of DCTCs.

Several new-term members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) today (March 23) visited the ICAC Headquarters to gain first-hand about the Commission’s latest anti-corruption work and strategies, and to exchange views on the latest local graft-fighting work and probity situation.

Two then bank employees, among five individuals charged by the ICAC, today (March 19) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that they had conspired together to accept bribes for assisting clients of the intermediaries to open bank accounts. Another the employee of the bank had earlier entered a guilty plea.

The ICAC and the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today (March 18) to establish a collaborative partnership between the Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption (HKIAAC) and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), in fostering anti-corruption researches and cultivating integrity professionals.