Former ICAC boss Jim Buckle received an apology and $500,000 from ATV yesterday after being libelled by a former friend and colleague on a news show.
Mr Buckle, 56, the retired Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) deputy commissioner and head of operations sued the television station for libel over comments made by Alex Tsui Ka-kit.
The remarks were made during a December 9, 1993 News Magazine interview with Mr Tsui, the ICAC's sacked senior assistant director.
The apology was read out by Mr Buckle's solicitor Jeremy Bartlett in the High Court before Mr Justice Patrick Chan.
It said: 'The programme contained a number of statements suggesting Mr Buckle had interfered with Mr Tsui's internal investigations into allegations of sexual harassment made against another ICAC officer; that Mr Buckle was racist and that he had unreasonably brought about the dismissal of Mr Tsui.
'These statements are totally untrue and without foundation. ATV accepts this and recognises that the words should never have been broadcast.
