ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu today (June 19) called on members of the public to make a concerted effort to safeguard the probity culture in Hong Kong and navigate their life journeys with integrity.

A former consultant of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), charged by the ICAC, was today (June 17) sentenced to 31 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for misconduct in public office (MIPO) and fraud by abusing his official capacity for personal gain in tuberculosis (TB) drug testing and other services, worth totalling over HK$4.2 million, provided by the CHP to three international and overseas health organisations.

The ICAC today (June 16) laid an additional charge of maintaining a living standard above the official emoluments against a Senior Building Services Engineer of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) and a Clinical Psychologist of the Social Welfare Department (SWD). The civil servant couple and a subcontractor of the EMSD were earlier charged with bribery, misconduct in public office (MIPO) and laundering crime proceeds in a case involving minor works contracts worth about $91.4 million of the EMSD.

A former site team leader of a subcontractor of an expansion project of United Christian Hospital was charged by the ICAC yesterday (June 15) with soliciting and accepting illegal rebates totalling over $25,000 from four carpenters and bar benders for securing their employment with the subcontractor and being favourably disposed to them at work.

A former employee of a contractor of the Hong Kong Community College (HKCC) under the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), charged by the ICAC, today (June 15) admitted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that he had deceived the HKCC into placing purchase orders worth totalling over $550,000 for maintenance works with a company by concealing his and his mother’s interest in the company.

The ICAC today (June 15) charged a manager of a contractor of the Civil Engineering & Development Department (CEDD) for deceiving the department into releasing payments totalling over $900,000 by falsely representing that the contractor had engaged a qualified subcontractor to carry out the required steelwork for a construction project.

The ICAC today (June 15) charged a former branch manager of a currency exchange company with using remittance application forms containing false information to deceive the company that a customer had settled the remittance amount in full before remitting a total of $7.6 million.

An Assistant Manager of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) was charged by the ICAC today (June 14) for allegedly using false attendance records with altered clock-in entries to cover up her late for work for a total of around 30 hours in four months during the COVID-19 epidemic.

The ICAC will kick start its annual opinion survey this Thursday (June 16) to gauge public attitudes towards corruption and their understanding of Hong Kong’s anti-graft work.

The ICAC today (June 13) charged three persons, including a former insurance agent and a policyholder, for allegedly conspiring to deceive an insurance company in applications for critical illness and medical insurance claims by arranging cancer patients to pose as relevant policyholders to undergo medical examinations at various clinical institutions so as to obtain required medical certificates. The scam involved 10 insurance policies and the claims amounted to about $37.5 million.