The ICAC is organising a Recruitment Experience Day today and tomorrow (March 14 and 15) to tie in with its latest recruitment exercise, enhancing potential applicants’ understanding of the various aspects of the anti-corruption work of the Commission.

The Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption (HKIAAC), established by the ICAC, today (March 13) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), marking a collaboration between two parties to promote integrity and professionalism, and to jointly enhance the ethical standards, professional competence and integrity awareness of the accounting industry.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) conducted a joint operation codenamed “Fuse” on March 10 and 11 targeting insider dealing and involving corruption. Senior executives of three licensed corporations, including two securities firms and a hedge fund management firm, were persons of interest in the case (Note 1).

Two property vendors were charged by the ICAC yesterday (March 11) for allegedly offering $30,000 in bribe to an estate agent for waiving $155,000 in an agency commission in relation to the sale of a residential property.

The ICAC will kick start a new round of annual opinion survey next Monday (March 16) to gauge public attitudes towards a probity society and their understanding about corruption.

An operations assistant of a shuttle bus company was charged by the ICAC yesterday (March 10) for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes totalling over $40,000 over the employment of a driver.

ICAC Commissioner Woo Ying-ming, officiating today (March 10) at the 2025 ICAC Awards Presentation Ceremony, commended officers for their unwavering dedication and tireless efforts, and presented Commissioner’s Commendations to officers of the School of International Training of Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption (HKIAAC) and three officers.

A tenant of a residential flat, charged by the ICAC, was today (March 10) convicted at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts of offering a bribe of $1,000 to an estate agent and requesting the latter to conceal from an estate agency that he had defaulted a tenancy agreement to avoid giving up his deposit as compensation.

A then Associate Consultant of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), charged by the ICAC, was today (March 6) convicted at the District Court of misconduct in public office (MIPO) for excessively prescribing controlled drugs to his family members and patients on various occasions and misappropriating them for personal use over a span of five and a half years.

A Senior Fireman of the Fire Services Department (FSD), charged by the ICAC this morning (March 3), appeared in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts this afternoon for mention for allegedly deceiving and attempting to deceive four colleagues of higher ranks and a friend into lending him various loans totalling about $250,000 on the pretext that he needed money after his father was diagnosed with cancer.