The ICAC today (August 14) charged a then manager of a printing company and his mother, for arranging for his mother to be the company’s temporary staff and falsely representing her working hours to deceive wages totalling over $400,000 in 18 consecutive months.

The ICAC today (Aug 13) charged a then senior sales executive of a frozen meat supplier, for allegedly concealing the conflict of interest during his employment and inducing the employer to sell goods to a company operated by him with the same business, deceiving goods supply valued over $5 million.

A senior manager of a main contractor, charged by the ICAC, accepted a bribe of $1 million from a subcontractor for favouring the latter over the Kai Tak Sports Park project and a private construction project. The defendant today (August 12) pleaded guilty at the District Court.

The ICAC and the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong (CGCC) today (August 8) co-hosted the launching ceremony of the Business Sector Integrity Charter (the Charter), calling on corporate members of the CGCC to adopt the Integrity Management System (IMS) for enhancing business ethics to build a clean business environment contributing to the high-quality development of the country.

In recent years, the ICAC has taken a series of enforcement actions against solicitation and acceptance of bribe payments from construction workers and launched a series of relevant publicity and education programmes. One more former site team leader of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project) was today (August 5) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for soliciting and accepting bribes from two carpenters over their employment.

A merchant, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 1) sentenced at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts to two weeks’ imprisonment after admitting that he had offered a bribe of $2,000 to a bank employee for expediting the process of opening personal bank account.

A former personal assistant of a businessman, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 1) convicted at the District Court of conspiring with the businessman to deal with crime proceeds totalling $125 million, being loans unlawfully obtained by the businessman from a listed company.

The Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption (HKIAAC) hosted the first one-day “Professional Anti-corruption Training for non-governmental organisations (NGOs)” for about 30 major local NGOs which set to enhance governance and strengthen corruption prevention capabilities of the social welfare sector.

The ICAC today (July 30) charged a merchant with allegedly bribing a bank employee for expediting the process of opening his personal bank account.

A Foreman of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), charged by the ICAC, today (July 25) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that he had accepted an unauthorised loan of $60,000 from a subordinate in breach of the anti-bribery law.