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IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruptionHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegionOperationsDepartmentReview2000GroundFloor,MurrayRoadCarparkBuilding,2MurrayRoad,Central,HongKongBrochuredesignedbyCommunityRelationsDepartment,ICACAugust2001OperationsDepartmentReview2000J1657OperationsDepartmentReview2000OperationsDepartmentIndependentCommissionAgainstCorruptionG/F,MurrayRoadCarparkBuilding2MurrayRoad,Central,HongKongMissionstatement:Byenforcingthelawvigilantlyandprofessionally,wearedeterminedtoseekoutanderadicatecorruptionwhereveritexistsFOREWORDbyCommissioner,AlanLAINin9EMBRACINGTHECHALLENGE-TACKLINGCORRUPTIONINTHENEWMILLENNIUMbyDeputyCommissionerandHeadofOperations,14TonyKWOKMan-wai,IDSOURORGANISATIONALSTRUCTURE23ENFORCEMENTSUMMARY25THROUGHTHEBRANCHESANDGROUPSREPORTSBYASSISTANTDIRECTORSANDGROUPHEADSINVESTIGATIONBRANCH1(IB/1)byTonyGodfrey,AssistantDirectorofOperations35-'A'GROUPbyJeremyLOKwok-chung,PrincipalInvestigator37-'B'GROUPbyRickyCHUMan-kin,PrincipalInvestigator41-'C'GROUPbyKennyTSOWai-yan,IMS,PrincipalInvestigator47-'Y'GROUPbyRickyHUIKar-man,IMS,PrincipalInvestigator53INVESTIGATIONBRANCH2(IB/2)byGilbertCHANTak-shing,AssistantDirectorofOperations59-'D'GROUPbyPeterGregory,PrincipalInvestigator61-'E'GROUPbyGerryOsborn,PrincipalInvestigator65-'F'GROUPbyDenisLEEChi-hung,IMS,PrincipalInvestigator71-'Z'GROUPbyStephenCHANChor-keung,IMS,PrincipalInvestigator75ContentsINVESTIGATIONBRANCH3(IB/3)byRyanWONGSai-chiu,IDS,AssistantDirectorofOperations81-'G'GROUPbyDanielSOPing-hung,PrincipalInvestigator83-'H'GROUPbyAlanWUTat-sun,PrincipalInvestigator93-'R'GROUPbyDannyWONGShiu-cheung,PrincipalInvestigator97-'X'GROUPbyNGPing-kwok,PrincipalInvestigator101INVESTIGATIONBRANCH4(IB/4)byMikeBishop,AssistantDirectorofOperations107-'I'GROUPbyNeilParkinson,PrincipalInvestigator109-'J'GROUPbyCarmelCHOWJun-lung,IMS,PrincipalInvestigator119-'K'GROUPbyLouisCHEUNGWah-pong,PrincipalInvestigator125-'L'GROUPbyGeorgeYIUCheuk-wah,PrincipalInvestigator131REPORTFROMTHEABACUS135LIAISONCONTACTDETAILS141AllfinancialstatisticsquotedareinHongKongdollarsunlessotherwisestated.BYMRALANLAININ,COMMISSIONER,ICACForewordCorruptioninHongKongToday-aBriefOverviewAlthoughHongKong'seconomicclimatecon-tinuedtoimprovethroughouttheyear2000,thisdidnot,asonemighthaveoptimisticallyanticipated,resultinacorrespondingdropineithertheOperationsDepartment'sworkloadoritsoperationalactivity;quitetheopposite,infact.Inthispublicationlastyear,Imen-tionedthethenall-timerecordhighnumberofcorruptionreportsreceivedduring1999.Theyear2000producedatotalof4,619corruptionreportscomparedwith4,147thepreviousyear-anincreaseof11%(23%ifweexcludereportsreceivedinbothyearsrelatingtoLegislativeCouncil,DistrictCouncilandRuralCommitteeelections).Whatexactlydoesthisstatisticmean?Somepeoplemayworrythatthecorruptionproblemhasdeteriorated.Othersmaysaythatthecommunityisbecominglesstol-erantofcorruption.Ourintelligenceandinternalanalysisofcorruptionreportsshowneithersuggestioncanpro-videanexplanation.Forinfactanumberoffactorswereatplaytopushupthetotal.ThelingeringeffectoftheAsianfinancialcrisishelpedtoexposemorecorruption-relatedfrauds.IntensivemediainterestincoveringICACoperationsincreasedpublicconfidenceintheICAC'sdeterminationtofightgraft,hencemorereportswerelodgedwithus.Asharpriseincomplaintsofasimpleorminornatureobviouslyaddedtotheoverallnumber.Andourproactivestrategyofidentifyingandtacklingunreportedcorruptionalsogeneratedcaseswhichwouldotherwisenothavebeenexposed.Asmaybeseenfromthefollowingpages,thesheerhardworkanddeterminationofourinvestigatorsduring2000resultedinanumberofhighprofilecasesandprose-cutions.Itshouldberemembered,however,thatinaddi-tiontotacklingtheseoftentimeconsumingandresourceintensiveinvestigations,officersalsohavetofindtimetodealwithsubstantialremainingcaseloadsofthemoremundane'breadandbutter'investigations.Theyear2000sawsubstantialincreasesover1999inboththenumbersofprosecutionsandconvictionsresultingfromICACinvestigations.Thisfact,togetherwiththeaccountsofouroperationalsuccessescontainedinthisyear'sReview,demonstratesthat,althoughthechallengesfacingusmustnotbeunderestimated,theOperationsDepartmentisstaffedbyabodyofhighly-trainedinvestigatorswhoseprofessionalismanddeterminationiscertainlyequaltothosechallenges.Thispublication,ofcourse,isdedicatedtotheworkandachievementsoftheOperationsDepartment,butitmustalsoberememberedthattheendeavoursofourtwootherDepartments-CommunityRelationsandCorruptionPrevention-playanequallysignificantroleintheICAC'smission.Together,theyrepresentthecelebrat-ed'three-prongedattack'oncorruption,inwhichenforce-mentactioniscomplementedandunderpinnedbyeduca-tionandprevention-theverycornerstoneoftheICAC'shistoricsuccessinfightingcorruptioninHongKong.EnsuringCleanElectionsTheICACworkscloselywiththeHomeAffairsDepartment,theElectoralAffairsCommission,theRegistrationandElectoralOfficeandtheHongKongPolicetoensurethatpublicelectionsinHongKongarecleanandfair.Foritspart,theICACiscommittedtopromptandthoroughinvestigationofallallegationsorsuspicionofoffencescontrarytotheEl