Review of important events of the Macau Independent Commission Against Corruption

1. On November 22, 1991, the first Commissioner Xue Ke was sworn in at the Government House by Governor Wei Qili.

2. On March 6, 1992, the Anti-Corruption Office located at 3 Mei Sanzhi Street officially opened to the public, with a staff strength of 34 people.

3. In the second half of 1992, the court refused to allow the Anti-Corruption Commission to inspect the bank account of the person under investigation in a case, triggering heated discussions among the public about the power of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

4. In the first half of 1993, the Legislative Council refused to accept the Anti-Corruption Commission's recommendations to inspect bank accounts and recruit additional staff.

5. In the second half of 1993, a case was uncovered in which an employee of the Financial Secretary was suspected of taking advantage of his authority to embezzle more than 15 million patacas. 6. In the first half of 1995, the first civil servant was sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption. The civil servant was tried in absentia and fled overseas.

7. Xue Ke resigned on November 21, 1995, and on November 22, former Director of the Judicial Police Department Feiminda was appointed as the second commissioner.

8. In March 1997, revised regulations on the powers of the Office were announced, giving the Office the power to set up undercover agents and informants, and those who assisted in the investigation of corruption crimes were exempted from punishment.

9. In June 1998, the Legislative Council passed the "Declaration of Income and Property Interests and Public Supervision" law proposed by the Office of the Commissioner, also known as the "Sunshine Law", which requires all civil servants to submit a personal statement within 90 days of joining the job. and spouse’s property to be reported to the Office of the Commissioner or the High Court.

10. On December 20, 1999, the Independent Commission Against Corruption of the Special Administrative Region was established. Chang Yu was appointed as the first anti-corruption commissioner, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption adopted a new emblem. 11. Before the Spring Festival in February 2000, the ICAC issued guidelines to various government agencies and public institutions, calling on them to be careful in handling holiday gifts and entertainment.

12. In June 2000, the Macau Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Macau Judicial Police and the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption conducted a joint operation to detect a Hong Kong betting syndicate based in Macau. 16 people were arrested in Hong Kong and 16 people were arrested in Macau. 12 people.

13. In July 2000, a case was detected in which police officers at the Macau International Airport accepted bribes to illegally import a large amount of high-priced wine that was not properly taxed. The case was concluded in June 2001, and the five defendants were Found guilty.

14. On August 7, 2000, the Organic Law of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Law No. 10/2000) was unanimously passed by all members of the Legislative Council, and the order was signed by Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah on August 10 of the same year. promulgated. The passage of this law reflects that the SAR government’s determination to combat corruption and promote integrity has been concretely implemented at the legal level. 15. On August 21, 2000, the administrative regulations of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Administrative Regulation No. 31/2000) were promulgated, formulating the organizational structure of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

16. In order to cooperate with the 2001 Legislative Council election, the ICAC established the "Anti-Vote Bribery Research Group" to conduct research and deployment for promoting clean elections and combating vote-buying. During this period, several suspected election bribery cases were detected and transferred to the Procuratorate for investigation. After the election, the University of Macau conducted a public opinion poll. The results showed that 70% of the respondents believed that the election was a clean election.

17. On July 15, 2001, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) uncovered a corruption and fraud case involving people claiming insurance benefits through false crash records. ***19 people were involved in the case, 3 of whom were employed at the time of the case. Traffic police, the case was transferred to the procuratorate for investigation.

18. On July 31, 2001, the Chief Executive issued an order to establish the "Inspection and Supervision Committee on Discipline of the Independent Commission Against Corruption". Its members include the Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner and four individuals, who are recognized by the Chief Executive from the Macao Special Administrative Region. Designated among suitably qualified persons. The members of the first Discipline Inspection Commission are Liang Qingting, Chang Yu, Lin Xiaoyun, Guan Cuixing and Li Peilin, of which Liang Qingting serves as the chairman.

19. On August 24 and 25, 2001, the ICAC conducted an operation code-named "Fire Phoenix" to crack down on organized corruption syndicates within the public security department. A group of active marine policemen were brought back to the sampan pier and border gate to assist in the investigation. The case has been transferred to the procuratorate for investigation. 20. In September 2001, the ICAC uncovered a suspected bribery case in the Legislative Council election, in which the suspects used lamination and stumping methods to collect voter ID cards. The Independent Commission Against Corruption seized 47 voter cards suspected to be related to the case in a certain unit and summoned dozens of people. The case was pronounced in May 2007. Both defendants were found guilty of improperly withholding documents and were sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended for 3 years. They were also required to pay compensation of MOP10,000 to the SAR government within 3 months.

21. On April 4, 2002, three former leaders and supervisors of the Macau City Hall were exposed by the ICAC for abusing their powers during their tenure, awarding projects at higher than reasonable prices, and not following normal procedures. Project grant, the case involves 7 item procurement, project and service grant contracts, with a total amount of nearly 8 million yuan. In December 2004, the lower court concluded the case. Based on the special status and serious circumstances of the defendants, the sentences were heavier than those in similar cases in the past. Two of the defendants were each sentenced to 2 years and 10 months in prison and 2 years and 6 months in prison, suspended for 3 years. Half, the probation condition is that MOP 100,000 must be paid within two months, which is the most severe probation condition among similar cases.

22. On August 9, 2002, the ICAC revealed more than 600 cases of corruption and document forgery involving forged Philippine driving licenses in exchange for Macau driving licenses, involving an amount of approximately NT$2.3 million. *** 417 people were listed as suspects. Six of the main conspirators in the case, including an employee of the Civil Affairs Bureau, were found guilty in May 2005 and were imprisoned for 1 and a half to 2 and a half years respectively. Although they were suspended, they must Make compensation and pay court fees to the Macau government.

23. On September 12, 2002, Hong Kong ICAC Commissioner Li Siu-kwong visited the Macau ICAC, and together with Macau ICAC Commissioner Chang Yu, presided over the opening ceremony of the ICAC exhibition room (located on the 13th floor of the Dynasty Plaza Building) . 24. On September 13, 2002, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of a clean government, the ICAC held a seminar on "Promoting Integrity and Compliance with the Law". Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah presided over the opening ceremony. At the same time, the issuance ceremony of the "Special Issue Commemorating the Ten Years of Integrity in Macao" - "Integrity and Clean Breeze" and the "Ten Years of Integrity" commemorative stamps was also held.

25. On November 13, 2002, the President of the Supreme Court of Portugal, Xue Ke, led a delegation of five people to visit the Independent Commission Against Corruption. After reviewing the structure, personnel and resources, all members expressed that they were deeply impressed.

26. In late February 2003, the ICAC produced and published the "Honesty and Integrity" teaching material specially designed for high school students, and combined the teaching material with the "Honesty and Integrity" game chess, together with the introduction CDs on the work of the ICAC were donated to schools in Macao. The educational sector has responded favorably to the above-mentioned textbooks, which have been adopted by nearly 90% of schools as supplementary teaching materials for civic education subjects. In August 2005, based on feedback from schools, the ICAC released a revised second edition of the textbook and also launched the "Honesty and Integrity" teaching package to achieve better teaching results.

27. In mid-April 2003, the ICAC commissioned the Faculty of Social and Humanities of the University of Macau to conduct a street survey. Among the more than 1,000 citizens interviewed, nearly 90% expressed support for the SAR's anti-corruption work. 84% said they would report corruption if they encountered it, and 73.1% were willing to report it personally. Regarding the effectiveness of the Macao SAR's anti-corruption work, 97% said that they, their relatives and friends had not encountered corruption in the past 12 months; those who believed that corruption in Macao was very serious and serious dropped from 64.6% in 2000 to 9.4%, showing that Citizens believe that the corruption situation in Macao has improved. 28. On July 21, 2003, the Chief Executive issued Administrative Order No. 28/2003 through instructions to amend the "Staffing List of ICAC Departments" referred to in Article 31 of Administrative Regulation No. 31/2000. The total number of department staff increased from 96 to 109.

29. In July 2003, the Legislative Council passed a new law on property declaration for public officials (Law No. 11/2003). The Independent Commission Against Corruption, as a supervisory and depository agency, formulated a set of implementation measures. , including holding explanation meetings and printing guidelines, etc., and setting up temporary collection stations and providing door-to-door collection arrangements to facilitate public officials' declaration.

30. From October 1 to 3, 2003, Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu attended the board meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Association in Quebec City, Canada, and conducted the work of the Finance Committee at the meeting The report was unanimously adopted.

31. On October 15, 2003, the Independent Commission Against Corruption hosted a legal lecture entitled 'Criminal Provisions in the Property Declaration Law', which was delivered by Portuguese Assistant Attorney General Peng Zhonglian. Explain the legal basis for criminalizing the situation.

32. On October 20 and 21, 2003, 80 representatives from 9 countries gathered in Macau to participate in the annual meeting of the Asian Ombudsman Association Council. The meeting was hosted by the Macau Independent Commission Against Corruption. The meeting promoted Exchange of views on topics such as research on administrative grievance work, strengthening the promotion of the ombudsman system to the society, and the role of the ombudsman in Asia. 33. On October 30, 2003, the ICAC transferred a suspected land purchase fraud case involving HK$63 million to the Procuratorate for investigation. In the case, a civil servant was suspected of defrauding nearly HK$4 million by improper means, and two other A civil servant is suspected of deliberately lowering the price of the land by more than NT$10 million during the tax assessment process, resulting in a tax reduction of more than NT$700,000 on the land, from which the two benefited.

34. From November 9 to 15, 2003, at the invitation of Jia Chunwang, Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu led a delegation to conduct official visits to the procuratorial organs of Beijing, Hubei Province and Guangdong Province. To strengthen exchanges and collaboration with relevant institutions in mainland China.

35. In December 2003, the ICAC published the "Guidelines on Public Procurement Procedures" and distributed them widely to various government departments and public institutions, hoping to help civil servants pay attention to the points that need to be paid attention to at each stage of procurement. matters to improve the rigor and vigilance of work.

36. On January 6, 2004, the ICAC Community Office was officially opened after the opening ceremony hosted by Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah. The establishment of the office will help the ICAC to expand community relations and strengthen integrity education work. and provide citizens with more convenient channels for consultation, complaints and reporting.

37. On January 9, 2004, Assistant Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Chen Xihao was awarded the Professional Medal of Merit by the SAR government, becoming the first public official to be awarded a professional medal after the establishment of the SAR government. 38. On April 14, 2004, Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner Huang Hongchao led a delegation to visit the Macao Independent Commission Against Corruption. During the meeting, the leaders of the two ICACs exchanged views on the development of anti-corruption construction.

39. From April 26 to 29, 2004, Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu led a delegation to Seoul, South Korea to attend the eighth session of the Asian Ombudsman Association, and delivered a speech at the meeting titled "The Relationship between the Government and Citizens: Citizens What to expect from the government? What do citizens expect from grievance agencies? 》Thesis. The Commissioner of Integrity was also re-elected as a director for a term of three years.

40. From May 16 to 21, 2004, Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu led a delegation to Portugal and visited the President of the Supreme Court of Portugal Jorge Alberto Aragao Seia and the Attorney General Mo Souto de Moura, Ombudsman Nascimento Rodrigues, the General Directorate of the National Judicial Police and its affiliated judicial police, the Higher School of Criminology, the Security Intelligence Service, the Aliens and Immigration Service, the National Electoral Commission and other agencies. Contact and communicate.

41. In May 2004, the Independent Commission Against Corruption commissioned the Faculty of Social and Humanities of the University of Macau to conduct a questionnaire survey on Macao’s integrity situation. The survey report showed that Macao citizens rated the ICAC at 66.2 points. , an increase of 2.44 points compared with the previous year; comprehensive data show that citizens have increased confidence in moving towards a clean society and are more optimistic about the future construction of a clean government.

42. On June 14, 2004, the ICAC investigated a case involving bribery, bribery, abuse of power, and false declaration of property and source of property by public officials during the licensing process of an entertainment venue in Central District. The unknown case was transferred to the Procuratorate for investigation. The case involved two managers of the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau and a Macao businessman. 43. On July 30, 2004, two cases of public officials suspected of abusing their power for personal gain in public procurement procedures and false declaration of property by public officials were revealed; the three public officials involved in the case also worked in the Finance Bureau related to computer information. One of them has served as the director of the department and the consultant of the secretary’s office (and is now a director of a company assigned by the government). The total amount involved in this case exceeds MOP 1 million.

44. On August 2, 2004, the Chief Executive passed an instruction to amend Chief Executive Instruction No. 164/2001 regarding the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Personnel Disciplinary Supervision Committee. The new members of the Disciplinary Supervision Committee include Liang Qingting (chairman), Lin Xiaoyun, Guan Cuixing, Li Peilin and Xu Huinian.

45. From September 4 to 10, 2004, Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu led a delegation to Quebec City, Canada to attend the Board of Directors Meeting and the Eighth Congress of the International Ombudsman Association; at the meeting, Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu once again Elected to the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Association for a 4-year term.

46. From October 20 to 26, 2004, at the invitation of China’s Ministry of Supervision, Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu led a delegation to conduct inspection visits to Beijing and Sichuan to conduct business collaboration and information exchanges with mainland supervisory authorities. and training. 47. On December 20, 2004, under the supervision of President Hu Jintao, Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah and major officials of the second-term government were sworn in, and Chang Yu was re-elected as the Integrity Commissioner of the second-term SAR government.

48. On January 24, 2005, the Independent Commission Against Corruption issued two legal guidelines to regulate the professional ethics of public servants: "Guidelines on Integrity for Public Servants" and "Recommendations on the Development of Integrity Codes for Public Service Departments and Institutions". A promotional activity and briefing session on the "Guidelines on Integrity for Public Servants" was also held. Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Secretary for Administration and Justice Chan Limin and Commissioner for Integrity Cheung Yu *** co-hosted the launching ceremony.

49. In January 2005, the Independent Commission Against Corruption established an "Anti-Vote Bribery Research Group" for the third Legislative Council election, and developed a series of clean election publicity strategies based on the policy of "focusing on prevention and all-out attack".

50. On March 14, 2005, the ICAC uncovered a fraud and bribery case involving more than HK$437.9 million. A person in charge of an electrical company is suspected of using false transactions to defraud three Macao banks of huge letters of credit loans. In the case, a bank branch manager is suspected of accepting bribes and short-circuiting public funds. The case was transferred to the Procuratorate for handling. 51. During the 2005 third Legislative Council election, the ICAC uncovered multiple cases of suspected vote bribery involving more than 700 suspects, including one candidate. Most of the cases involve organizations illegally retaining voter ID cards. Some vote bribers even use "flooders" and middle school students as middlemen to collect other people's voter ID cards for money. All cases have been transferred to the procuratorate for processing. From 2006 to 2007, the court successively sentenced four of the cases. Many defendants were found guilty of election bribery and sentenced to imprisonment without probation.

52. On October 19, 2005, Indonesian Ombudsman Antonius Sujata and a group of four people visited the Macau Independent Commission Against Corruption and met with the Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner Chang Yu and the ICAC leadership. The two sides discussed administrative issues They exchanged views on various issues including complaints, elections and corruption prevention.

53. On November 22, 2005, the Independent Commission Against Corruption held a release ceremony for the "Integrity Anthology Volume 1 - Occupational Crimes" written by Portuguese Assistant Attorney General Peng Zhonglian, and also held a special topic on "Official Crimes" The lecture invited the author Peng Zhonglian and the famous Chinese criminal law scholar and Professor Ma Chang from Wuhan University Law School to deliver special speeches and exchange experiences on the topic of job-related crimes.

54. On December 2, 2005, a five-member delegation from the Ministry of Supervision of China, led by Vice Minister Huang Shuxian, visited the Independent Commission Against Corruption and held a symposium to discuss anti-corruption, administrative complaints, and publicity and education. On the same day, a 22-member Asian Ombudsman Association delegation was held. In addition to the aforementioned Chinese representatives, representatives from South Korea, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Iran, Australia and other countries attended the association’s board of directors. Chairman Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada also visited the Independent Commission Against Corruption to learn about the ICAC’s administrative complaints and publicity and education. 55. On December 14, 2005, Zulkiplibin Mat Noor, Director of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Bureau, and three other people visited the Independent Commission Against Corruption and visited the community office to learn about the anti-corruption, administrative complaints, and publicity and education of the Macao Independent Commission Against Corruption. work situation.

56. In December 2005, the ICAC once again exposed an election bribery case. It was suspected that a bribery syndicate was luring others with benefits to illegally retain other people's voter ID cards. It was also discovered that after the election, some people continued to pay voters in order to fulfill their pre-election promises. money. The whole case was completed after five months of investigation. 146 suspects were involved and the case has been transferred to the Procuratorate.

57. On January 11, 2006, Hong Kong Anti-Corruption Commissioner Wong Hung-chao led a delegation to visit the Macau ICAC. The two parties exchanged views on the development of anti-corruption construction in the two places and hoped to further strengthen contact and cooperation in the future. The delegation was also received by the Chief Executive, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, and paid visits to the Attorney-General, Ho Chiu-ming, and the Chairman of the Legislative Council, Tsao Chi-chen.

58. In March 2006, the "Political and Economic Risk Assessment" published the "Asia Corruption Trends Annual Report", and Macao was included as an assessment region for the first time. Among the 13 Asian countries and regions included in the assessment report, Macao ranked fourth in terms of corruption, second only to Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. 59. Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu led a delegation to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, from May 16 to 20, 2006, to attend the eighth steering group meeting of the Asia-Pacific Anti-Corruption Action Group. At the meeting, Macao officially became a member of the Asia-Pacific Anti-Corruption Action Plan.

60. Integrity Commissioner Chang Yu led a delegation to Barcelona, ??Spain from October 3 to 8, 2006, to attend the board meeting of the International Ombudsman Association. At the meeting, in addition to reporting and communicating on the work in the region, representatives also discussed the future development direction of the association.

61. The Independent Commission Against Corruption held the "Integrity and Integrity - Experience Exchange Meeting" at the Macau Polytechnic Institute on October 19, 2006, allowing various public security departments to share with each other their respective efforts in formulating the "Code of Integrity" and Experience and exchange of opinions during the implementation process were carried out to learn from each other's strengths. More than 240 public sector leaders and supervisors attended.

62. On November 6, 2006, "Transparency International" announced the 2006 International Corruption Perception Index. Macao was included in the selection for the first time, ranking 6th among 25 countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific region, second only to New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan; ranked 26th among 163 countries and regions in the world; "Transparency International" pointed out that Macau ranked among the top positions for the first time on the list with a high score of 6.6, which is similar to the local This is inseparable from the efforts of anti-corruption agencies to vigorously advocate anti-corruption campaigns. 63. On November 8, 2006, the Lower Court pronounced the first instance verdict on a vote-bribing case during the 2005 Legislative Council election. The first defendant Xiao Hongwei and the second defendant Zhong Weijun were both found guilty of retaining voter ID cards and were sentenced to Immediate imprisonment of 1 year and 6 months and 1 year and 4 months without the possibility of probation. The remaining 10 defendants were found guilty of retaining voter ID cards or providing voter ID cards, and were each sentenced to 1 to 2 years in prison or pay MOP. Fines ranging from NT$7,200 to NT$12,000.

64. Owen Long, the former Secretary for Transport and Public Works of the Macau Special Administrative Region, was suspected of serious bribery and illegal financial activities. He was detained by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for investigation at 10:00 pm on December 6, 2006. The same case was with Eight men and three women, including relatives of Owen Long, were detained. The suspects were suspected of offering bribes, accepting bribes and laundering money. On the morning of December 7, Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah announced at the SAR Government Headquarters that former Secretary for Transport and Public Works Ao Man Long was suspected of accepting bribes. On the same day, the Central People's Government removed Ou Man Long from his post based on the recommendation of Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region Ho Hau Wah. On December 8, the Independent Commission Against Corruption transferred 12 suspects in the case to the Procuratorate for processing.

65. In March 2007, the "Political and Economic Risk Assessment" published the 2007 "Asia Corruption Trends Annual Report". Among 13 Asian countries and regions, Macao ranked fourth in terms of corruption, which was the same as in 2006. The rankings are the same, and the level of integrity is second only to Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

66. The Independent Commission Against Corruption completed its preliminary investigation into the serious corruption case involving former Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Owen Long, and transferred the case to the Procuratorate on April 12, 2007. There were three companies involved in the case, and 30 people were involved, including four relatives of Ou Zhi. On June 6 of the same year, the Procuratorate filed an indictment with the Court of Final Appeal on suspicion of abuse of power, serious bribery, money laundering, and unidentified sources of huge amounts of property. On August 1, 2007, the Court of Final Appeal completed the pre-trial of the European case. The pre-trial court issued a prosecution order. Owen Long was suspected of committing the crime of accepting bribes to commit illegal acts, laundering money, abusing power, sharing economic interests in legal activities, and declaring property. 76 charges including false statements and unknown source of property.