Two then bank employees, among five individuals charged by the ICAC, were today (April 14) sentenced to imprisonment of 10 months and six months at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for conspiring to accept bribes to assist clients referred by intermediaries in opening bank accounts.

The ICAC today (April 14) charged a middleman for allegedly offering cash bribes totalling $400,000 to two then managers of an accounting firm to assist a fabric manufacturer in its listing in Hong Kong.

Following a corruption investigation which revealed that certain applicants had illegally applied for certificates of registration as electrical workers and misled the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) to issue the relevant certificates by falsifying work experience, the ICAC earlier mounted an operation codenamed “Beacon Tower”, resulting in the prosecution of 20 individuals with multiple counts of conspiracy to defraud in separate cases. One of the electricians was today (April 13) sentenced to two months’ imprisonment at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts.

An estate agent was charged by the ICAC yesterday (April 8) for allegedly soliciting a bribe of over $63,000 from a subordinate for making a false representation regarding the latter’s role in procuring the sale and purchase transaction of a property valued at over $100 million.

An ICAC investigation revealed that staff of a contractor for the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) allegedly accepted advantages from employees of a waste disposal company to assist in unloading construction waste at a landfill free of charge by disguising construction waste loaded on trucks as non-construction waste to defraud the EPD of disposal charges totalling over $830,000. Three defendants entered guilty pleas at the District Court today (April 8).

A woman appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts today (April 2) after being charged by the ICAC yesterday (April 1) for allegedly offering a bribe to officers of the Immigration Department (ImmD) over her application for permanent residence.

Thirteen parents and a middleman, charged by the ICAC, were today (March 31) sentenced to jail terms ranging from eight to 14 months at the District Court for offering around $1.1 million in bribes to a then administrator of an international kindergarten to assist in securing a priority admission of 12 children to its K1 classes. Most of the parents concerned paid bribes following solicitations by the kindergarten employee, who admitted to accepting them. Her sentencing is scheduled for next month.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has received corruption complaints from the public since mid-2025, alleging that a project consultancy firm had assisted construction contractors to secure building maintenance contracts in various residential estates through bribery.

Following a corruption investigation which revealed that certain applicants had illegally applied for certificates of registration as electrical workers and misled the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) to issue the relevant certificates by falsifying work experience, the ICAC earlier mounted an operation codenamed “Beacon Tower”, resulting in the prosecution of 20 individuals with multiple counts of conspiracy to defraud. Two of the electricians respectively entered guilty pleas today (March 30) and last week at the Magistrates’ Courts, while the case involving the remaining 18 defendants will be transferred to the District Court for plea.

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.