The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) today (6th) charged a current and seven former FEHD Chief Hawker Control Officers for misconduct for allegedly failing to comply with the appointment of government civil servants in the "2019 Assistant Hawker Control Officer Recruitment" policies to favor certain applicants.
The facts of the case allege that over 5,000 job applications were received by the relevant recruitment agency. The defendant allegedly circulated the interview timetables of certain candidates who would attend selection interviews so that they could give preferential treatment to the batch of candidates, failing to fully comply with the government’s civil service appointment policy.
The ICAC investigation revealed that a total of 36 applicants were suspected of being given preferential treatment, and the selection interview scores of some applicants were suspected to be raised.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption today (5th) charged three former PCCW staff with dishonest access to computers and solicitation and acceptance of bribes in order to disclose information on 4,700 clients.
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The ICAC stated that the eight defendants, aged between 59 and 64, were the Acting Chief Hawker Control Officer Law Sai-wah, and the seven Chief Hawker Control Officers Li Dak-chiu, Tai Cheuk-fai, Yi Kam Tim, Mak Wai-chung, Deng Wing-ping, Wong Wai-hung and Chen Kongsong.
Except for Huang Weixiong, the other seven people have retired one after another after the incident.
The eight were jointly charged with one count of conspiracy to misconduct in public office, contrary to common law and section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail and will appear in the Eastern Magistrates' Courts next Monday (10th).
The case refers to the "2019 Assistant Hawker Control Officer Recruitment" held by the FEHD in February 2019, and over 5,000 job applications were received.
Among them, about 2,100 candidates were arranged for selection interviews in July and August 2019.
ICAC said.
The defendants allegedly circulated among them the interview timetables of certain candidates who would be present for selection interviews so that they could give preferential treatment to those candidates, failing to fully comply with the Government's civil service appointment policy.
The Centre for Food Safety of the FEHD stated that it has received a test report from the Department of Health that a sample of imported refrigerated cattle offal packaging was found to be positive for the novel coronavirus during preventive testing.
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Some applicants or their relatives and friends are involved in forwarding the interview schedule to Food Ring
The ICAC investigation found that some candidates or their relatives and friends forwarded their interview schedules to FEHD staff, including the above-mentioned defendants.
The investigation revealed that a total of 36 applicants were suspected of being given preferential treatment, while the selection interview scores of some applicants were suspected to be raised.
To ensure the fair conduct of the "2019 Assistant Hawker Control Officer Recruitment", FEHD has voided the results of the selection interviews from July to August 2019, and arranged for candidates to attend another round of selection interviews in November 2019.
After receiving a corruption complaint earlier, the ICAC launched an investigation. After completing the investigation, it sought legal advice from the Department of Justice, and charged the eight defendants in accordance with the relevant legal advice.
An ICAC spokesman stressed that recruitment of civil servants must be conducted in accordance with the principle of openness and fairness. Government personnel involved in coordinating recruitment must strictly abide by and abide by the established policies and guidelines to ensure a fair selection process. Behavior.
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