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Graft-busters' dinner plans touch a nerve in anxious Hong Kong
Reports of staff 'boycott' of ICAC annual event and exits of two top officials raise questions
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Fri, Jul 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
HONG KONG'S anti-corruption agency that takes on tycoons and public officials is attracting scrutiny for an unlikely reason - the postponement of an annual staff dinner.
Reports in local media of a staff "boycott" of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) event, originally scheduled for Friday night, and the exits of the agency's operational head and a senior investigator have led lawmakers and academics to ask whether all is well at the organisation.
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