Customary Gifts
While having dealings with a government department, the proprietor of a company offered boxes of mooncakes to an officer of the department a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Despite the officer’s refusal to accept, he insisted and left the mooncakes behind. A senior officer of the department referred the case to the ICAC and returned the mooncakes to the proprietor.
Leakage of Tender Information
A senior manager of a company was responsible for processing tenders submitted by contractors to bid for the company’s construction and renovation projects. There was no deadline for submission of tenders for some projects and the senior manager was solely responsible for opening the submitted tenders. Over a prolonged period, the senior manager, together with a director of another company, conspired to solicit and accept tens of millions of dollars from a number of potential contractors. In return, the senior manager provided the colluded contractors with confidential tender information submitted by other contractors in relation to the projects. As a result, the colluded contractors could submit favorable tenders (e.g. the tender price was just slightly below the second lowest price if price was the only consideration) and obtain the contracts from the company.
