July 2002:
The ICAC is lambasted by police who say they are 'deeply concerned' and that the ICAC should be more circumspect after the arrest of former second-in-command of the Narcotics Bureau Senior Superintendent Sin Kam-wah sparks a public row between police and the ICAC. He is freed on bail unconditionally after being arrested by the ICAC in May on suspicion of accepting sex from prostitutes for tip-offs about vice raids. Police Commissioner Tsang Yam-pui is angry his officer's name was released despite the fact he had not been charged. ICAC chief Alan Lai Nan defends its actions and the row only cools when Tung Chee-hwa intervenes.
March 2002:
A judge rebukes the ICAC at the end of a corruption case for failing to reveal information to the defence in time. The case concerned a former Housing Department architect, Barry Hang Toi-on, 35, and two subcontractors, Andy Chan Shu-ming, 46, and Chang Yi-lin, 58, who conspired to bribe him in exchange for housing development projects. The judge warned he would have halted the trial if it happened again.
January 19 2002:
Three appeal judges rule there is insufficient evidence to show Senior Superintendent Chu Kam-yiu, 53, and businessmen Addy Chow Chi-wang, 49, and Hon Pui-tak, 61, were engaged in bookmaking. The three had been jailed for running a multimillion-dollar bookmaking business.