Hong Kong’s graft-buster to set up academy to teach tactics to overseas officers
- Academy to be established in February, says Independent Commission Against Corruption head Danny Woo
- Agency also concludes week-long training programme for graft-busters from African and Asian countries
Hong Kong’s graft-buster plans to establish an academy to share its expertise with anti-corruption officers from around the world, it has announced after wrapping up a pilot training programme this week.
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Commissioner Danny Woo Ying-ming on Wednesday said the Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption would be established next February.
“The end of the pandemic has provided a golden opportunity for global collaboration on fighting corruption,” he said. “The ICAC has received a surge in demand for professional sharing from different anti-corruption authorities.”
The week-long training programme tackling corruption in infrastructure projects attracted seven African countries and six Asian ones benefiting from China’s Belt and Road Initiative, as well as neighbouring Macau.
Participants included anti-graft agency representatives from South Africa, Mali, Nigeria, Thailand, Mongolia and Pakistan.
They also spent three days in Guangdong, Zhuhai and Zhongshan on a study tour.
