Hong Kong anti-graft body cracks bid-rigging ring, 23 charged in five cases
Hong Kong's corruption watchdog uncovered a bid-rigging syndicate in 2023, charging 23 people in five cases involving 16 building maintenance projects worth HK$520 million. The first case opens tomorrow at the District Court.
Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on 10 November 2026 that it had uncovered a corruption and bid-rigging syndicate in 2023, charging 23 people in five cases. The first case is scheduled to open at the District Court tomorrow (11 November).
Those charged include engineering consultants, construction contractors, members of owners' corporations or owners' committees, intermediaries and property management staff. They are accused of conspiracy to offer and accept bribes, as well as conspiracy to defraud, in connection with 16 residential and commercial building maintenance projects with a total contract value of about HK$520 million. The alleged bribes involved totalled more than HK$6.5 million.
The ICAC said that from 2023 to the present, it had conducted multiple large-scale enforcement operations, arresting more than 200 people. To date, 35 individuals and two companies have been charged in nine separate cases. The commission said its enforcement actions had successfully prevented the award of more than HK$500 million in contracts.