An employee of a design consultancy, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 30) sentenced to three months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for accepting bribes of over $230,000 for assisting works contractors to secure renovation projects of two Japanese chain stores involving project fees totalling over $25 million.

A former chairman of a listed company wanted by the ICAC had surrendered himself to the Commission after returning to Hong Kong today (July 29). He will be brought to the court for mention tomorrow (July 30) for allegedly conspiring with then senior executives of the listed company to defraud its shareholders and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) by inflating the profit and assets of the listed company through fraudulent property transactions involving over $330 million in total.

The Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption of the ICAC (HKIAAC), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Office of the National Anti-corruption Commission of Thailand (NACC) and the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) had jointly completed the first-ever regional capacity building programme on meaningful youth engagement in anti-corruption work in Thailand. The programme was set to effectively deepen integrity training for young people in seven states members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and foster anti-graft collaboration on various fronts in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on Wednesday (July 23) conducted a joint operation, codenamed “Leverage”, targeting a sophisticated syndicate suspected of manipulating the shares of a listed company and engaging in corrupt activities.

A then chairlady of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), charged by the ICAC, was today (July 24) convicted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts of using a false receipt and quotations to reimburse the expenses for government-funded projects and defrauding three schools of activity payments while working part-time for a drama troupe. The total sum involved was over $40,000.

A former airline ground crew member absconded over 15 years ago and wanted by the ICAC was arrested and brought to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for mention today (July 22) for his alleged corrupt involvement in human smuggling. The case cracked in 2009 had led to the prosecution of two other former airline ground crew members and two members of a human smuggling syndicate who assisted in smuggling travellers to other countries via the Hong Kong International Airport.

A team leader of a subcontractor of the Three-Runway System Project (3RS Project) of the Hong Kong International Airport, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 22) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for soliciting a bribe of $100 to $200 per day from a crane operator for continuing his employment.

A former employee of an insurance company, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 18) sentenced at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts to four months’ imprisonment for soliciting a bribe from a director of a broker firm for assisting a client to take out motor insurance policies for 600 new taxis, involving premiums totalling over $24 million.

A then senior sales executive of a groceries supplier, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 17) sentenced at the District Court to 47 months’ imprisonment for making false representations about the orders placed by various clients to induce the supplier to release goods worth totalling over $12 million in nine months and reselling them for personal gain.

Following a fruitful year that marked its golden jubilee, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is set to complement the country’s development and anti-graft policy, continue to combat corruption at full throttle and uphold Hong Kong’s integrity and rule of law to achieve greater successes in the next 50 years, according to the 2024 ICAC Annual Report issued today (July 16).