A former district manager of an insurance company, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 12) sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for deceiving the insurer into offering her a signing fee of over $860,000 by submitting false previous income proof which exaggerated her total income by over $1.5 million.

The ICAC today (May 12) charged a cleaning worker with using false sick leave certificates and medical receipts issued by a registered Chinese medicine practitioner to deceive her then employer into granting sick leave days and reimbursing medical fees in relation to temporary incapacity compensation.

A former personal assistant of a businessman was charged by the ICAC today (May 11) for allegedly conspiring with the businessman to deal with crime proceeds totalling $125 million, being loans the businessman obtained from a listed company.

An Assistant Officer of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) and an ex-inmate, charged by the ICAC, were respectively sentenced to seven and six months’ imprisonment after admitting at the District Court today (May 11) that they had conspired with others to commit misconduct in public office (MIPO) by conniving at the unauthorised possession and use of a mobile phone by an inmate and introducing unauthorised cigarettes into a prison for the inmate.

The ICAC today (May 10) charged a Police Station Sergeant with soliciting and accepting unauthorised loans totalling over $420,000 from three former subordinates and a former supervisor, and perverting the course of public justice by inciting one of them to make a false statement to the Commission in respect of its investigation.

The chairman of the incorporated owners (IO) of a building, charged by the ICAC, today (May 10) admitted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that he had committed forgery and used copies of false instruments in relation to the applications for allowance for a security guard under the Anti-epidemic Fund.

A Woman Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, today (May 6) admitted at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts that she had solicited an unauthorised loan of $1 million from a complainant of a theft case and accepted a loan of $60,000 from an arrestee of a fighting case.

A then site team leader of a sub-contractor of the Third Runway Project of the Hong Kong International Airport (Third Runway Project) was today (May 6) sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for accepting illegal rebates totalling over $17,000 from three construction workers. The defendant was among six charged by the ICAC with bribery for assisting construction workers to secure employment with the sub-contractor.

Four then product testers of an electronic product manufacturer, charged by the ICAC, were today (May 5) sentenced at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts after admitting that they had overstated their working hours with intent to deceive their employers into releasing wages to them.

ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu today (May 4) hosted a press conference to recount Hong Kong’s anti-corruption efforts in 2021 amid the Covid-19 epidemic and update the media on the Commission’s major initiatives both locally and in the international arena this year. The press conference was originally scheduled for earlier this year but was postponed until today due to the epidemic situation.