An ICAC delegation led by Commissioner Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu today (May 31) commenced an official visit to call on anti-corruption and law enforcement authorities in Beijing and Guangdong, including the newly established National Supervisory Commission.

A man, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 28) sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistracy for breaching the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO) by disclosing the identity of a person under ICAC investigation and details of such investigation.

A Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and a subcontractor of the Highways Department (HyD), charged by the ICAC, were today (May 14) each sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Kwun Tong Magistracy after being convicted respectively of accepting and offering a bribe of $50,000 in relation to maintenance works.

A former maintenance manager of a property management company, charged by the ICAC, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (May 11) for accepting bribes of $200,000 in total for divulging confidential tender information on a renovation project of a private residential estate in Shatin to the operator of an engineering company.

A Senior Station Officer (SSO) of the Fire Services Department (FSD) appeared in the West Kowloon Magistracy today (May 11) after being charged by the ICAC with misconduct in public office (MIPO) for falsely representing to the FSD that he had properly disposed seized dangerous goods and other properties, and returned them to the owner.

A former legal clerk of a solicitors firm appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (May 10) after being charged by the ICAC with defrauding two licensed money lenders of two mortgage loans totalling $20 million, while the former legal clerk and his associate jointly faced a charge of laundering $10 million in crime proceeds being one of the loans.

A former deputy manager of an accredited laboratory and his wife appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (May 8) after being charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud the accredited laboratory by engaging the service of a glass testing company without disclosing his interest in it, while the deputy manager also faced charges of fraud for making false representations on welding test reports and a claim of expenses.

A judge has ordered to confiscate realisable assets amounting to $111 million from a former trader of a derivative warrants liquidity provider (LP) convicted of operating a scheme to fraudulently trade derivative warrants after being charged by the ICAC.

The general manager of a pipeline engineering company appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (May 4) after being charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud the incorporated owners (IO) and the property management company of a residential building in Central by submitting false tender documents to secure its drainage works contract at about $860,000.

The ICAC today (April 30) kicks start its annual household opinion survey which aims to gauge the public’s attitude towards corruption as well as their views about the work of the ICAC.