The ICAC is deeply saddened by the loss of life caused by the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The Commission extends our deepest condolences to families of the deceased, the injured, and those being affected. In view of the immense public interest involved, the ICAC today (November 27) set up a task force to launch a full investigation into possible corruption in the grand renovation project of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po.

A then Assistant Vice President of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) was charged by the ICAC last Friday (November 21) for allegedly accepting bribes of $150,000 for disclosing confidential information of listed companies. Two other individuals were charged with perversion in respect of a criminal investigation by the ICAC and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) into suspected insider dealings.

A then Assistant Business Manager of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) charged by the ICAC was today (November 21) sentenced to 3 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after admitting at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that she had committed misconduct in public office (MIPO) by divulging confidential tender information such as evaluation criteria and tender proposals to assist a personal friend to secure an online market platform enhancement project involving a total payment of over $2.3 million.

The ICAC charged eight men this week for allegedly deceiving the Transport Department (TD) into directly issuing Hong Kong driving licences to them without taking local driving tests by making false representations that they were holders of driving licences issued by a recognised country. Two of the defendants today (November 21) pleaded guilty at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts.

A corruption investigation by the ICAC earlier revealed that a branch manager of an insurer had conspired with several dummy insurance agents recruited by her to deceive two insurers into releasing commissions in the total sum of about $52 million by making false representations that the dummy insurance agents had handled 478 insurance policies. While the main culprit and 10 dummy insurance agents were earlier sentenced to jail terms up to 46 months following their guilty pleas, the last batch of six defendants were today (November 21) sentenced to jail terms ranging from 12 to 21 months at the District Court.

Two men and one woman were charged by the ICAC this morning (November 20) for allegedly reposting online posts which incited others not to vote at the 2025 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) during the election period. The case is set for mention in the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts this afternoon. Meanwhile, warrants for the arrest of two men who published the posts in the first place were issued by a Magistrate.

Eight men were charged by the ICAC today (November 19) for allegedly deceiving the Transport Department (TD) into directly issuing Hong Kong driving licences to them without taking local driving tests by making false representations that they were holders of driving licences issued by a recognised country.

The ICAC earlier charged an assistant principal of a government-aided school and a parent with perversion for allegedly destroying evidence on corruption concerning the admission of the parent’s son to Secondary Two in a criminal investigation carried out by the ICAC. The parent entered guilty plea at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts today (November 19).

The director of a former subcontractor of the Water Supplies Department (WSD) and three of his employees, charged by the ICAC, were today (November 18) sentenced to jail terms of 14 to 21 months at the District Court for conspiracy to defraud by submitting service reservoir inspection reports containing false information to induce the WSD to release service payments totalling about $4.6 million.

Following Operation “Blizzard”, the ICAC earlier charged multiple defendants for allegedly offering and accepting bribes in relation to sub-contracts of the Three-Runway System Project (3RS Project) of the Hong Kong International Airport. A then manager of a reclamation works sub-contractor today (November 17) admitted at the District Court that he had offered a total of $200,000 in bribes to a then Principal Manager of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) and a works manager of a main contractor. The then AAHK Principal Manager, who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totalling about $3.3 million from two sub-contractors, is remanded in custody, pending sentence.