ICAC fully mobilised to safeguard clean and fair LegCo Election
2021-12-19
Nine hundred staff from various departments of the ICAC have been mobilised to carry out different duties across the territory to ensure today’s (December 19) Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) be conducted in a clean and fair manner, ICAC Commissioner Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu told the press after casting his vote.
Mr Peh visited the ICAC’s Operations Control and the Commission’s 24-hour Report Centre at the ICAC Building this morning. The Operations Control coordinates the work of the ICAC’s various departments throughout the day as well as communications with other government bodies in order to prevent and combat any conduct in breach of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO).
In addition, ICAC officers have been deployed to polling stations since this morning, including the three polling stations at boundary control points (BCPs), to handle public enquiries and complaints swiftly in relation to the ECICO. They will also observe if there are adequate corruption prevention measures in the polling procedures so as to provide recommendations to relevant authorities when necessary. ICAC officers will also monitor the vote-counting process at individual polling stations, including those at BCPs.
Meanwhile, additional staff have been deployed to man the ICAC Report Centre to handle complaints in relation to the ECICO and answer public enquiries on the ICAC’s clean election enquiry hotline (2920 7878).
As at December 16, the ICAC has received a total of 29 complaints regarding the 2021 LegCo Election.
The Commission urges members of the public to abide by the law, and not to engage in any conduct violating the ECICO in order to uphold a fair and clean election.
Mr Peh visited the ICAC’s Operations Control and the Commission’s 24-hour Report Centre at the ICAC Building this morning. The Operations Control coordinates the work of the ICAC’s various departments throughout the day as well as communications with other government bodies in order to prevent and combat any conduct in breach of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO).
In addition, ICAC officers have been deployed to polling stations since this morning, including the three polling stations at boundary control points (BCPs), to handle public enquiries and complaints swiftly in relation to the ECICO. They will also observe if there are adequate corruption prevention measures in the polling procedures so as to provide recommendations to relevant authorities when necessary. ICAC officers will also monitor the vote-counting process at individual polling stations, including those at BCPs.
Meanwhile, additional staff have been deployed to man the ICAC Report Centre to handle complaints in relation to the ECICO and answer public enquiries on the ICAC’s clean election enquiry hotline (2920 7878).
As at December 16, the ICAC has received a total of 29 complaints regarding the 2021 LegCo Election.
The Commission urges members of the public to abide by the law, and not to engage in any conduct violating the ECICO in order to uphold a fair and clean election.
ICAC Commissioner Mr Simon Peh (third left) and the ICAC’s heads of departments visit the ICAC’s Operations Control set up for the LegCo Election.
Mr Simon Peh (first right) visits the ICAC Report Centre to learn more about the operation of the report corruption and enquiry hotlines.
Mr Simon Peh meets the press outside a polling station after casting his vote.
ICAC Head of Operations Mr Ricky Yau and the established investigative group tasked for handling election-related complaints brief colleagues on the operational plan on polling day.