A former team leader of a sub-contractor of a public housing construction project in Tung Chung, charged by the ICAC on Monday, was today (February 16) sentenced to five weeks’ imprisonment after admitting at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that he had accepted illegal rebates totalling about $18,000 from four fellow workers for securing their employment and releasing salary payments.

Two persons, charged by the ICAC in separate cases, today (February 15) admitted at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts that they had reposted on their respective social media pages a post which incited others to cast blank votes at the 2021 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) during the election period.

A former team leader of a sub-contractor of a public housing construction project in Tung Chung was yesterday (February 14) charged by the ICAC with accepting illegal rebates totalling about $18,000 from four fellow workers for securing their employment and releasing salary payments.

Two former estate agents, charged by the ICAC, today (February 15) admitted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that they had used transaction documents of various bogus property transactions, which involved agency commissions totalling about $3.2 million, to deceive their property agency.

The ICAC today (February 11) charged one more person for allegedly displaying three posts on his social media page and sharing them on other social media pages which incited others to cast invalid votes at the 2021 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) during the election period.

A Police Constable was charged by the ICAC today (February 9) for allegedly placing illegal bets totalling over $320,000 with a bookmaker on football matches and baccarat.

A Field Officer II of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), charged by the ICAC, was today (February 8) sentenced at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for having used false internal documents in relation to four stray dog cases to mislead the department.

An ICAC spokesperson noted that the Commission learned that a Clerical Assistant of the Operations Department was today (February 8) preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19. The case has yet to be confirmed by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) and further instructions are awaiting.

A former engineer of a hotel, charged by the ICAC, was today (February 7) sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at the District Court after admitting that he had conspired with a works contractor to accept illegal rebates totalling over $470,000 for engaging and assisting the latter in completing various works projects of the hotel worth about $2.3 million in total.

Seven former employees of two Japanese ramen shops, who were among 11 charged by the ICAC, today (February 7) admitted at the District Court that they had conspired together to steal cash proceeds totalling about $190,000 from cash tills and committed bribery for conniving at the misappropriation.