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Matthew Galvin Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

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ICAC arrests former Development Minister for abusing government housing allowance *

Hong Kong - October 10 2012
In July 2012, the ICAC arrested Mak Chai-kwong, the former Development Minister and Tsang King-Man, an Assistant Highways Director, on corruption charges relating to a scheme to defraud the government out of housing allowances by "cross-leasing" flats to each other in the 1980s.


Recent ICAC investigations *

Hong Kong - October 10 2012
The last few months have witnessed aggressive enforcement of anti-corruption laws by Hong Kong's leading anti-corruption agency, the Independent Commission against Corruption ("ICAC"). 


Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland met to foster closer anti-graft cooperation *

China, Hong Kong, Macau - October 10 2012
In the past three months, a senior level delegation headed by ICAC Commissioner Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu has visited officials in the prosecuting bodies in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Macao to explore opportunities for further exchanges and collaboration between the ICAC and these authorities. 


ICAC prosecutes former chief secretary and the Kwok brothers *

Hong Kong - October 10 2012
In one of the biggest anti-corruption stories in Hong Kong this year, the ICAC arrested Raymond and Thomas Kwok, two real estate magnates who serve as the joint chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties in March 2012. 


US expands sanctions against Iran *

Iran, USA - August 16 2012
The Act comes at a time of heightened enforcement of US sanctions and export control laws

Co-authors: Kyle Wombolt, Dominic Roughton, Jessica Fei.


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