ICAC Investigator Written Test case studies
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The ICAC Investigator Written Test is the written stage used by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong to screen applicants for Investigator posts. It is not a knowledge quiz about corruption law alone: it is a broad screen that tests whether you can read and write accurately in Chinese and English, work confidently with numbers and data, reason logically under time pressure, and show awareness of Hong Kong's constitutional and anti-corruption framework. The ICAC Investigator Written Test case studies are 5 cases and about 4,065 words.
1The Interest-Free Loan: Section 4 and the Blank Declaration Record
Cheung Wai-hung is an Assistant Building Services Engineer in a government department and the designated supervising officer for Contract HK/27-24, a lift modernisation contract worth HK 18.6 million held by Kam Shing Engineering Ltd. On 22 January he signed Variation Order 3, adding HK 1.2 million to the contract sum.
1,074 words, about 5 min2The Laptop, the Research Centre and the Two Strands
During an inquiry into a HK$150,000 payment allegedly received by Ms Yip Lai-shan, a contract officer in the Housing Department, ICAC officers lawfully seize her personal laptop. Among 3,000 emails they find: (i) 40 pages of internal documents marked 'restricted', including an estate deployment plan and a staff contact list; (ii) 12 emails over five months to a 'research centre' registered in a third country, whose published funding includes a foreign government-affiliated foundation; (iii) an invitation asking Yip to 'map internal approval procedures and identify steps that could be disrupted during a launch'; and (iv) a note of two online briefings she attended without approval.
983 words, about 5 min3The Three-Year Financial Analysis
Mr Ho Chun-kit, a senior technical officer, was subject to a financial investigation covering 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. Records establish: monthly salary of HK 62,000 in 2021, HK 66,000 in 2022 and HK 70,000 in 2023, plus annual bonuses of HK 55,000, HK 60,000 and HK 62,000.
911 words, about 5 min4The Banquet Alibi and the Cell-Site Records
Sunrise Maintenance Ltd is suspected of paying cash 'site allowances' to client-side inspectors. The disputed meeting is on 14 March, between 22:05 and 22:31, at Sunrise's site office in Fo Tan.
1,045 words, about 5 min5覆核中文案情摘要的用語與表述
案件編號 IC-2024-0871（模擬教材個案）。你是執行處的調查主任，負責覆核見習調查主任擬備、準備存入調查檔案的中文案情摘要。本案涉及房屋署一項價值約六千八百萬元的屋邨外牆維修合約（合約編號 HD/17/2023），承辦商為李氏工程有限公司，李小明為該公司項目經理。檔案內另有一份銀行月結單，顯示二○二三年六月十五日有一筆港幣八萬元轉帳；另有一份陳大文的利益申報表，申報欄為空白。摘要原文其中一段如下： 「據了解，嫌疑人陳大文為房屋署公務員，涉嫌在二○二三年五月至八月期間，收受承辦商李小明提供的好處共八萬元，以便在工程驗收時給予方便。李小明涉嫌貪污，本組相信陳大文已構成受賄罪名。另陳大文疑濫用職權，將其妻子的公司加入承辦商名單，惟暫無証據顯示兩人有親屬關係以外之往來。本組認為陳大文無罪，故建議不作跟進。」 組長指出三點：一、個案仍在調查階段，未取得律政司意見，摘要不得使用定罪式字眼；二、必須準確區分「提供利益」與「接受利益」的方向，並與《防止賄賂條例》（第201章）的中文法定用語一致；三、摘要日後可能作為呈堂文件或供律政司參考，用語必須前後一致。你須於今日下午五時前把修正稿交回組長，並按《防止賄賂條例》的規定，不得向任何人披露個案內容或嫌疑人身分。. 一、「公務員」應改為「公職人員」。 《防止賄賂條例》中 public servant 的中文法定用語為「公職人員」，範圍涵蓋公共機構僱員，較「公務員」為廣。寫成「公務員」既非法定用語，亦可能令日後爭議被告人身分是否落入條例範圍。 二、「收受……好處」應改為「索取或接受……利益」。 advantage 的法定中文用語是「利益」，「好處」屬日常語，不是條例用語；動詞亦應採用條例第4(2)條的「索取或接受」。用語不一致，會令摘要與控罪元素脫節。 三、方向錯置，且屬定罪式表述。 「李小明涉嫌貪污，本組相信陳大文已構成受賄罪名」把「提供」與「接受」兩端混為一談：提供利益者與接受利益者分屬第4(1)條與第4(2)條，須分別敘述。「已構成……罪名」是裁斷口吻，調查階段只能寫「涉嫌違反」某條文，並避免使用「相信已構成」。 四、「無罪」及「建議不作跟進」的推論不當。 偵查階段不應論斷無罪；「無罪」是法庭的裁斷。同時，摘要一方面寫「相信已構成罪名」，另一方面寫「認為無罪」，自相矛盾。應改為「現階段未有足夠證據支持檢控」或「證據尚待補充」，並具體列出待查事項。 五、「濫用職權」與「証據」。 「濫用職權」並非本港相關罪名的準確名稱，宜按事實描述，或寫「公職人員行為失當」（misconduct in public office）；「証據」是別字，正字為「證據」。另外，「據了解」宜改為「懷疑」或「初步顯示」，以區分已確立事實與偵查假設。 附加： 摘要中提及嫌疑人姓名、承辦商名稱及具體金額，屬調查中的敏感資料，須按規定保密，不得外傳。.
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