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Hong Kong healthcare professionals among 5 arrested over elderly services fraud

Cs news4 days ago02 mins

The anti-corruption agency has arrested five people, including two healthcare professionals, for allegedly pocketing as much as millions of Hong Kong dollars in government subsidies for elderly community services through fake visit records and sharing funds with the residents’ family members. Matthew Chang Chor-ming, principal investigator from the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s (ICAC) operations department,…

Hong Kong healthcare professionals among 5 arrested over elderly services fraud

Cs news4 days ago02 mins

The anti-corruption agency has arrested five people, including two healthcare professionals, for allegedly pocketing as much as millions of Hong Kong dollars in government subsidies for elderly community services through fake visit records and sharing funds with the residents’ family members. Matthew Chang Chor-ming, principal investigator from the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s (ICAC) operations department,…

Ex-Cathay employee arrested in Hong Kong for alleged human trafficking role

Cs news4 weeks ago02 mins

A former customer services officer with Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways, who spent more than 15 years on the run, has been arrested and remanded in custody for allegedly accepting bribes to help a human trafficking syndicate smuggle travellers overseas. Former Cathay employee Tsui Ying-kit, 44, was escorted to West Kowloon Court on Tuesday afternoon…

Opinion | Don’t let perceptions of collusion derail Hong Kong’s large-scale projects

Cs news1 month ago03 mins

Hong Kong prides itself on transparency, caution and adherence to the rule of law. Policy proposals undergo scrutiny and seek to strike a balance between legal, social and public interests. However, in an era of increased public scrutiny, the optics of governance often overshadow its true purpose or public benefit. This is frequently the case…

ICAC charges 2 more over ParknShop ‘ghost workers’ wage scam in Hong Kong

Cs news2 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has charged two more people, including a former warehouse manager, for allegedly defrauding the ParknShop supermarket chain out of more than HK$3.2 million (US$407,642) in wages through fraudulent work records. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced on Friday that it had levelled a charge of conspiracy to defraud against former…

Collective oversight to blame in Hong Kong’s CK Asset building scandal: experts

Cs news3 months ago02 mins

A bribery scandal involving a 10 per cent shortfall of steel rebar in a residential project under Hong Kong real estate giant CK Asset is the result of collective and wilful oversight at the construction site, independent engineers have warned. While describing the incident as rare, they agreed that the government should step up inspection…

Hong Kong school principal convicted of leaking exam questions to mistress

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

A former Hong Kong primary school principal has been remanded in custody pending sentencing for leaking exam questions to a private tutorial centre in which he had a stake and whose director was his mistress. The District Court on Wednesday convicted Henry Kwok Chiu-kwan, 52, of misconduct in public office for concealing his financial interest…

Ex-Hong Kong policeman charged in ICAC probe faces 30 extra counts of bribery, fraud

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

A former Hong Kong police officer is facing 30 counts of bribery and fraud after he was previously charged by the city’s anti-corruption agency with accepting an unauthorised loan from someone linked to an investigation. Magistrate Frances Leung Nga-yan on Friday approved an application by prosecutors to charge 50-year-old Mak Kwok-hung with the extra counts…

Daughter of Hong Kong actress attends 2 kindergartens, eats, naps, uses bathroom in car

Cs news4 months ago01 mins

A Hong Kong actress’s daughter who attends two kindergartens, eats, naps, and uses the toilet in her car has earned her mother the label “monster parent”. Li Tianzong, 37, also known online as Lena, was born in Hong Kong to a mother who is a renowned pipa player. The former Miss Hong Kong contestant has…

Hong Kong court reinstates ex-lawmaker’s jail sentence for disclosing ICAC probe

Cs news5 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s top court has reinstated a former opposition lawmaker’s convictions and four-month jail sentence for exposing a probe into a police commander who led an investigation into mob violence at a railway station during the 2019 anti-government protests. The Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday ruled by a majority to reverse Lam Cheuk-ting’s acquittal…