THE beery imbroglio in which Tony Godfrey (below), a leading sleuth with the Independent Commission Against Corruption, now finds himself as a result of the police force's drive against road drunks is being cheerily toasted by some unkind folk, mostly lawyers and corrupt criminals, we hear.
But would a drink-driving conviction end the graft-buster's career with the ICAC, which prides itself on the integrity and law-abiding behaviour of its staff? Probably not, if outgoing ICAC chief Bertie de Speville follows the David Weeks example. Mr Weeks was, of course, the territory's Commissioner for Narcotics who regularly pontificated about the evils of drugs, alcohol included.
How awfully embarrassing that while on the mother of all benders - during which he spent nine hours in the 668 Lounge and the Bobby London Inn in Tai Po - he should drive his car and crash (twice) before being arrested. Mr Weeks was subsequently moved to a lower-paying job (about $70,000 a month in 1991). Backbites also recalls a former ICAC star, Alex Tsui Ka-kit, telling legislators in 1994 how a leading sleuth had crashed the organisation's cars. Are they somehow related?
