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Written by: Chen Jiayi
2020-07-08 22:45
Last update date: 2020-07-08 22:45The Independent Commission Against Corruption Complaints Committee submitted to the Legislative Council the 2019 Annual Report today (8th), showing that it received 14 complaints against the ICAC or ICAC staff last year, involving 68 allegations, compared with 11 complaints in 2018 involving 23 The allegations rose slightly. After deliberation, the committee had 2 complaints and a total of 3 allegations that were found to be true or partially true, and 3 ICAC staff were instructed.
In 2018, the ICAC promoted a clean election video, in which the vest worn as a bribe was complained to be similar to the DAB vest. The committee believes that although the original allegations are not established, the superiors have given them instructions to remind them to be in Improve professional sensitivity in handling election-related matters.
The ICAC Complaints Committee received 14 complaints about the ICAC or its staff last year, involving 68 allegations. (Profile picture)
The Independent Commission Against Corruption Complaints Committee submitted its 2019 annual report to the Legislative Council today (8th). The report stated that the Commission received a total of 14 complaints about the ICAC or its staff last year, involving 68 allegations, compared with 11 complaints received in 2018. The 23 allegations involved increased slightly. The complaints received last year were the most received by ICAC officers for negligence and accountability, accounting for about 60%.
Among the allegations received, 57% were related to ICAC staff negligence (e.g. no full investigation), 33% involved misconduct (e.g. poor attitude or politeness), and 7% related to abuse Power (implicitly disclosing the identity of witnesses, informants or suspects), and the remaining 3% is about the inadequacies of the ICAC’s working procedures. In the complaints reviewed last year, two of the three allegations involved proved to be true or partially true, and superiors have given instructions to the three relevant ICAC officers.
In 2018, the ICAC publicized a video of the election of a clean rural representative. The vest worn by the briber was complained of similar design and color to the DAB vest, and it complained of the agency’s attempt to interfere in the election results through the publicity video.
Several sets of promotional videos were co-conceived and produced by the Community Relations Office of the ICAC, with the assistance of an outsourced production company. The costumes of the actors in the promotional video were proposed by the outsourced production company and decided by the director of the ICAC. The committee considered that the allegations lacked substantive evidence. However, although the allegations of interference in the election results were not established, the superiors had given them instructions to remind them to increase their professional sensitivity in handling election-related matters.
The ICAC produced educational short films for rural elections and called on the public to maintain the integrity of the rural elections. The two actors involved in bribery wear vests similar to the DAB. (Screenshot of the ICAC promotional video)
One complainant alleges that when he was arrested by the ICAC staff and searched the house, two of the investigating directors did not show the identity of the charter, one of the directors denied the allegations, and the other director admitted that there was a The three directors are explaining the content of the search warrant to the complainant. After that, he needs to start the search and there is no chance to show the identity of the complainant. The complainant does not seem to doubt his identity. After investigation, the allegations of the ICAC proved to be true, and it is recommended that the superior give instructions to the director, reminding that the relevant regulations should be strictly observed when conducting a search.
The other complaint involved a complainant making 29 allegations concerning the ICAC meeting with him, the process of preparing evidence for the testimony, the seizure of evidence, etc., in which he alleged that an assistant investigating officer had met with him without care. Prepared the seized evidence list to record the documents he provided, and did not bring appropriate equipment and a sufficient number of seized evidence lists for the meeting; another accused a chief investigator of failure to confirm receipt of the email he sent to the ICAC, The email was sent by him to provide further information on one of the corruption cases he reported.
During the ICAC investigation, an assistant investigating officer admitted that he was careless. An object record on the seized evidence form was filled with the wrong ICAC number, but the description of the object was correct; the chief investigator explained that she was receiving After receiving the complainant's email, I spent some time to study the matters mentioned in the email, so I ignored the ICAC's internal guidelines, that is, if I cannot give a specific reply within 10 working days, I should first make a brief reply. Finally was instructed.
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