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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…

8 ex-Hong Kong hawker control officers spared jail over job ‘buddy lists’

Cs news2 months ago02 mins

Eight retired hawker control officers who gave preferential treatment to 36 candidates in a 2019 recruitment exercise have been spared jail in Hong Kong, with a judge saying the case revealed their department’s long-standing culture of favouritism. The District Court on Tuesday sentenced the eight former Food and Environmental Hygiene Department staff to between 150…

Steel bar bribery case at CK Asset project in Hong Kong: timeline of events

Cs news3 months ago02 mins

A CK Asset residential project in Hong Kong is in the spotlight after the anti-corruption agency arrested 10 suspects and uncovered subcontractors allegedly offering incentives to site supervisors in exchange for lax oversight of subpar steel reinforcement work. The latest bribery scandal is not the only hiccup for the project in Kwun Tong, which had…

Hong Kong anti-corruption agency arrests 22 people over HK$2 million mortgage fee fraud

Cs news5 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 22 individuals, including 18 bank employees who allegedly accepted HK$2 million (US$257,372) in bribes from an intermediary to defraud the institutions of referral fees in mortgage loan applications. The 13 men and nine women, aged between 31 and 56, were arrested in raids at more than 30 locations earlier…

Hong Kong anti-corruption agency arrests 22 people over HK$2 million mortgage fee fraud

Cs news5 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 22 individuals, including 18 bank employees who allegedly accepted HK$2 million (US$257,372) in bribes from an intermediary to defraud the institution of referral fees in mortgage loan applications. The 13 men and nine women, aged between 31 and 56, were arrested in raids at more than 30 locations earlier…

Hong Kong school principal jailed for 6 months over HK$270,000 fraud

Cs news6 months ago02 mins

A former primary school principal has been jailed for six months in Hong Kong for scamming the institution out of HK$270,000 (US$34,715) by lying about missing salary payments and withdrawing funds without authorisation. Chen Yi-hsin, former head of the Yan Chai Hospital Chiu Tsang Hok Wan Primary School in Tsing Yi, pleaded guilty to four…

Crime-themed attractions like Hong Kong ICAC cafe grow in popularity among tourists

Cs news7 months ago01 mins

Crime-themed attractions such as Hong Kong’s ICAC Cafe and Japan’s Prison Museum, designed to promote legal culture, are drawing growing numbers of tourists. Official data shows that Hong Kong received over 290,000 visitors during New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year, more than 77 per cent of them came from the…