A then employee of a property investment company and a renovation works contractor, charged by the ICAC for accepting and offering bribes totalling $1.3 million to show favour in relation to property renovation works, were respectively sentenced to 15 months and 14 months in prison at the District Court today (June 12) while the bribes involved were confiscated.

The ICAC and the Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil (CGU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday (June 10) at the ICAC Headquarters to strengthen cooperation in combating corruption.

The Police and the ICAC today (June 10) laid charges against seven individuals (five men and two women, aged between 33 and 60) and two companies with a total of 25 counts of offences, including manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud, “money laundering”, attempting to pervert the course of public justice and tax evasion in relation to the fire which broke out at Wang Fuk Court on November 26, 2025. The two cases were mentioned at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts this afternoon.

The National Commission of Supervision (NCS) and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) co-hosted the anti-corruption workshop on “Promoting Integrity for Economic Prosperity” for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Hong Kong, China. Commencing today (June 9), the two-day workshop drew participation of over 150 representatives from various member economies and international organisations and institutions to foster exchange and discussion on promoting integrity for economic prosperity and pave way for establishing network of practical cooperation.

A team leader of a bar-bending subcontractor of a transitional housing project in Yuen Long was charged by the ICAC today (June 8) for allegedly accepting bribes totalling over $50,000 from a bar-bender in a span of five months for continuing the latter’s employment.

A renovation works contractor, charged by the ICAC, was today (June 4) convicted at the District Court of offering bribes totalling $1.3 million to a then employee of a property investment company for showing favour in relation to property renovation works.

A then deputy general manager of a listed company and his parents were earlier charged by the ICAC with bribery for showing favour to an Australian businessman regarding the listed company’s investments in overseas property development projects, involving bribes amounting to about AUD$25 million. The Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (June 3) approved the prosecution’s application to amend the indictment, laying an additional bribery charge against the then deputy general manager and his mother while the case is pending committal to the High Court.

The ICAC earlier charged a then deputy general manager of a listed company and his mother with bribery for showing favour to an Australian businessman regarding the listed company’s investments in overseas property development projects. Following further investigation by the Commission and legal advice from the Department of Justice, the father of the then deputy general manager was charged for his role in the corruption scheme involving bribes amounting to about AUD$25 million.

Two football players and a betting agent were today (May 29) sentenced to jail terms up to 17 months at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts following the ICAC’s Operation “Green Grass” which neutralised a corruption syndicate linked to football match-fixing and illegal gambling. The syndicate bribed 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, enabling its members to profit from illegal gambling.

Four defendants charged by the ICAC, including an inmate of Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre (LCKRC), were sentenced today (May 29) to jail terms ranging from one year to over three years at the District Court for conspiring together to plot two crimes to facilitate sentence reduction applications for two other inmates by tipping off the Police about the planned crimes. Detection and early intervention by the ICAC successfully intercepted these planned crimes involving possession of unlawful arms, explosives or drugs.