The ICAC had earlier charged a number of site team leaders of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project) with bribery over employment of workers. One of the defendants was today sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at District Court today (March 18) for accepting bribes totalling about $700,000 from over 80 fellow workers and perverting the course of public justice. This jail term is the longest meted out by the court so far on such cases.

The ICAC today (March 17) charged a then Senior Customs Officer of the Customs and Excise Department (C&E) for allegedly using an application form containing false information to mislead the C&E that she did not perform any outside work over a span of one year. The offence was uncovered in an investigation by the ICAC, following receipt of a corruption complaint referred by the C&E.

A then Assistant Officer of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) was charged by the ICAC yesterday (March 12) for allegedly deceiving the Correctional Services Department Credit Union (CSDCU) and three financial institutions into granting him various loans totalling over $1.5 million in a span of three years by concealing his personal outstanding liabilities. The offences were uncovered in an investigation by the Commission, following receipt of a corruption complaint referred by the CSD.

The ICAC calls on members of the public to stay vigilant to phishing emails issued by senders named “ICAC” from Hotmail accounts.

A then team leader and a then construction worker of a works subcontractor, charged by ICAC, today (March 7) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that they had solicited and accepted bribes totalling about $98,000 from four formworks workers referred by them to work at a Community Isolation Facility construction site on Lantau Island during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In operation “Tenacity” mounted earlier, the ICAC had cracked down a corruption syndicate in connection with football match-fixing and illegal gambling. After conducting intensive investigations, four individuals, including the mastermind of the syndicate and the owner of a football club of the Second Division of Hong Kong (HK Second Division), were charged for allegedly offering bribes totalling over $240,000 to various football players for contriving the match results in the football season 2021/2022 to facilitate illegal gambling business of the syndicate.

ICAC Commissioner Mr Woo Ying-ming today (March 4) welcomed the newly appointed Director of Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) Mr Sam Tee to the ICAC, where the two gentlemen exchanged law enforcement experience and views on strengthening anti-graft co-operation.

The ICAC had earlier charged a then deputy general manager of a contractor of a works project in Tseung Kwan O of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) with conspiracy for an agent to accept an advantage for allegedly reaching an agreement with a subcontractor to accept a bribe of $2 million in relation to securing a subcontract of the project, which subsequently did not materialise. Another two individuals associated with the subcontractor were charged by the Commission yesterday (March 3) with bribery.

The four independent advisory committees, responsible for overseeing different aspects of the work of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), highly commended the Commission for its contributions and breakthroughs in the previous year in relation to law enforcement, corruption prevention, education and international cooperation. The four committees support the ICAC to keep up its efforts in innovations and reforms while upholding its graft fighting mission and advancing the international anti-corruption cause.

A then account supervisor of a party products supplier appeared in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (March 3) after being charged by the ICAC for alleged misappropriation of about $18 million of company funds by forging the signatures on almost 500 cheques. The case was adjourned, pending committal to the High Court for plea.