A then Associate Consultant of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), charged by the ICAC and convicted after trial of misconduct in public office (MIPO), was today (July 30) sentenced to 160 hours of community service at the District Court for prescribing excessive controlled drugs to his family members and patients on various occasions and misappropriating them for personal use over a span of five and a half years.

Three then bank employees were charged by the ICAC yesterday (July 29) for allegedly accepting bribes to assist customers referred by an insurance agent in opening bank accounts without joining the queue.

The ICAC cracked a corruption case in 2009, charging two members of a human smuggling syndicate and former airline ground crew members who assisted in smuggling travellers to other countries via the Hong Kong International Airport. Another former airline ground crew member, who had been wanted by the ICAC, was charged upon returning to Hong Kong after fleeing 15 years. He was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment at the District Court today (July 29) after entering a guilty plea.

ICAC Commissioner Mr Woo Ying-ming, leading a delegation, arrived in Melaka, Malaysia today (July 27) where he will attend the 22nd Secretariat Meeting of the ASEAN Parties Against Corruption (ASEAN-PAC) in his capacity as the President of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), and will call on the IAACA and ASEAN-PAC members to work together to strengthen anti-corruption collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region.

A man charged by the ICAC was today (July 24) sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts after admitting that he reposted an online post on his social media page which incited others not to vote at the 2025 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) during the election period.

An asset management company owner was sentenced today (July 23) at the District Court to six years and nine months’ imprisonment for laundering approximately $64 million in crime proceeds through multiple companies and individuals, as revealed in an ICAC investigation stemming from a corruption complaint.

The ICAC earlier charged two Works Supervisors of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) and one supplier with conspiracy to defraud for allegedly procuring the award of various purchase orders totalling over $13.6 million to the supplier and inflating the quantity and price of the items to be purchased. Pursuant to legal advice from the Department of Justice (DoJ) following further investigation by the Commission, the trio faced three additional corruption charges and one additional charge of conspiracy to defraud involving over 300 gifts worth about $3.2 million when the case was brought to mention at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts today (July 23).

An ICAC investigation earlier revealed that an inmate of Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre (LCKRC) conspired with others to plot two crimes to facilitate sentence reduction applications for other inmates by tipping off the Police about the planned crimes. Early intervention by the Commission successfully intercepted these planned crimes involving possession of unlawful arms, explosives or drugs, leading to the prosecution of five individuals. While four of them were jailed following their guilty pleas, the last defendant was today (July 22) sentenced at the District Court to seven months’ imprisonment for laundering crime proceeds.

The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority of Saudi Arabia (Nazaha) today (July 20) arranged 60 graft fighters to Hong Kong for a 10-day professional anti-corruption course at the ICAC’s Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption (HKIAAC). This delegation sets two ICAC’s new records in the international training arena – becoming the largest international training course in terms of participants, and the largest number of participants from a single overseas anti-corruption agency in a course.

A proprietor of a secretarial company, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 15) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for offering a bribe of $6,800 to a bank employee for assisting clients referred by her in opening bank accounts.