ICAC Investigators 2014


ICAC Investigators 2014 is the 2014 edition of the ICAC Investigator series, produced by Independent [Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)] and broadcast on TVB. Each criminal case is based on actual cases investigated by the ICAC.

Cast and Synopsis

Case #1: Better Tomorrow

Starring:
Actual case:
The case is based on the 2011 ParknShop supermarket chain baby milk powder bribery case code name "sunshine". Baby milk powder produced in Japan were rationed in Hong Kong due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, milk powder supply was limited. Supermarket workers would take bribes in order to inform customers when shipments of milk powder would arrive and also selling large quantities to Mainland suppliers for a cut of the profit sold in Mainland.

Case #2: Web of Greed

Starring:
Actual case: The case is based on Chan Kau-tai, who is also the father of Hong Kong singer actor Eason Chan. Chan Kau-tai was convicted for accepting HK $3 million in bribes and served a 6-year sentence.

Case #3: Money Mind

Starring:
Actual case: The case is based on 2006 Mao Yuping credit fraud case. Mao Yuping, wife of Shanghai tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, was sentenced to 32 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud using letters of credits worth HK$49 million. Mao Yuping is also known for famously slapping Hong Kong actress Kristy Yeung in 2002 at a restaurant in public for having an affair with her husband Zhou Zhengyi.

Case #4: Goal Tricks

Starring:
  • Ruco Chan as ICAC Kelvin Chan Kwok Yan
  • K. K. Cheung as ICAC Lee Chi Chung
  • Sire Ma as ICAC BoBo Law Po Man
  • Ronald Law Kwan Moon as Kong Chi Wah
Actual case: The case is based on 2011's Hong Kong Sapling Football Club player Iu Wai who would offer bribes to other players in order to fix a match.

Case #5: Partner

Starring:
A premiere screening of the first episode was held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 26 March 2014, one week before the airing of the series.

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