A man charged by the ICAC was today (May 18) sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for 24 months, at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts after admitting that he had reposted an online post on his social media page which incited others not to vote at the 2025 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) during the election period.

A company director, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 15) sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment at the District Court after being convicted of offences including obtaining services by deception, following a corruption investigation that revealed the defendant had used a false passport to open bank accounts.

For the first time, a delegation comprising members of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) attended an international workshop in Viet Nam at the invitation of its co-organisers, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government Inspectorate of Viet Nam, to share Hong Kong’s successful experience in anti-corruption law enforcement and prosecution to advance the country’s integrity building initiatives.

A then Chair Professor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), charged by the ICAC, today (May 13) pleaded guilty at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts to accepting a bribe of $40,000 from a friend and offering red packets to two colleagues for assisting a student with the admission to a master’s programme administered by him.

The ICAC Commissioner, Mr Woo Ying-ming, in his capacity of the President of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), led a delegation to Budapest, Hungary to commence their visit today (May 12) to host the IAACA’s first regional anti-corruption conference in Europe on May 14.

Two football players and a betting agent, charged by the ICAC following Operation “Green Grass” which neutralised a corruption syndicate linked to football match-fixing and illegal gambling, were today (May 8) convicted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts of bribing football players to rig match results for three clubs participating in the Hong Kong Premier League (HK Premier League) and the First Division of Hong Kong (HK First Division) across two seasons between 2021 and 2023, thereby enabling syndicate members to profit from illegal gambling.

One of the two property vendors, charged by the ICAC for offering a $30,000 bribe to an estate agent for waiving a $155,000 agency commission in relation to the sale of a residential property, was sentenced today (May 8) after entering a guilty plea at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts.

A former Principal Manager of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), charged by the ICAC, was earlier sentenced to four years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to accepting bribes of about $3.3 million and laundering several million dollars in crime proceeds regarding sub-contracts of the Three-Runway System Project (3RS Project) at the Hong Kong International Airport. The District Court today (May 7) ordered the confiscation of crime proceeds totalling about $6 million from the former Principal Manager.

A then chairman of a listed company, charged by the ICAC, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at the District Court today (May 7) for deceiving the company into paying about $2.4 million by inflating the first registration tax on a saloon.

A works contractor and his employee, charged by the ICAC, were both sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (May 6) after being convicted of offering over $180,000 in bribes to an employee of a design consultancy to secure renovation projects for two Japanese chain stores valued at over $25 million in total. The design consultancy’s employee, who pleaded guilty, was earlier sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.