A then chairlady of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), charged by the ICAC, was today (July 24) convicted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts of using a false receipt and quotations to reimburse the expenses for government-funded projects and defrauding three schools of activity payments while working part-time for a drama troupe. The total sum involved was over $40,000.

A former airline ground crew member absconded over 15 years ago and wanted by the ICAC was arrested and brought to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for mention today (July 22) for his alleged corrupt involvement in human smuggling. The case cracked in 2009 had led to the prosecution of two other former airline ground crew members and two members of a human smuggling syndicate who assisted in smuggling travellers to other countries via the Hong Kong International Airport.

A team leader of a subcontractor of the Three-Runway System Project (3RS Project) of the Hong Kong International Airport, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 22) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for soliciting a bribe of $100 to $200 per day from a crane operator for continuing his employment.