{"id":37827,"date":"2025-11-05T12:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=37827"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:38:25","slug":"icac-commissioner-makes-first-appearance-at-g20-anti-corruption-meeting-in-south-africa-to-foster-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=37827","title":{"rendered":"ICAC Commissioner makes first appearance at G20 anti-corruption meeting in South Africa to foster collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">HONG KONG<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 5, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; ICAC Commissioner Mr Woo Ying-ming, in his capacity of President of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), headed an ICAC delegation to South Africa to attend the meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) Anti-Corruption Working Group for the first time. Over 100 representatives of anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies from over 20 jurisdictions took part in the meeting, echoing the call to strengthen communication and collaboration amongst anti-corruption authorities (ACAs) to build a corruption-free world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" align=\"center\">\n<p title=\"\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Attending the meeting of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, Mr Woo, in his capacity of President of the IAACA, shared the initiatives and achievements of the organisation. &#8220;To deepen the experience exchange amongst members, the IAACA and the ICAC co-hosted the 8th ICAC Symposium and 11th IAACA Annual Conference last year, bringing together over 500 representatives from around 180 anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies across nearly 60 jurisdictions. To swiftly tackle emerging challenges, we have strengthened collaboration with various counterparts. To enable anti-corruption practitioners to connect, collaborate, and learn from each other anytime, anywhere, the IAACA organised online seminars for over 2,000 participants from around the world since April this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woo added that the fruitful exchanges with ACAs worldwide not only reaffirmed the endeavours of the ICAC and the IAACA, but also paved the way for better anti-graft collaboration in the future.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay in South Africa, Mr Woo also took the opportunity to meet with officials from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and anti-corruption agencies of Brazil, Italy and South Africa respectively to explore future cooperation and collaboration in training.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woo and ICAC officers then departed for Johannesburg. Later they called on the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People&#8217;s Republic of China to the Republic of South Africa H.E. Mr Wu Peng to learn about local social developments. The delegation shared with Mr Wu the anti-corruption initiatives of the ICAC.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying Mr Woo on his visit to South Africa are Director of Investigation (Private Sector) of the Operations Department Mr Bryan Chong Ka-lok, Principal Investigator Mr Gary Wong Hon-kit and Chief Academy Officer of the Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption Mr Davyn Wan Wing-hung.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">HONG KONG<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 5, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; ICAC Commissioner Mr Woo Ying-ming, in his capacity of President of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), headed an ICAC delegation to South Africa to attend the meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) Anti-Corruption Working Group for the first time. Over 100 representatives of anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies from over 20 jurisdictions took part in the meeting, echoing the call to strengthen communication and collaboration amongst anti-corruption authorities (ACAs) to build a corruption-free world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" align=\"center\">\n<p title=\"\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Attending the meeting of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, Mr Woo, in his capacity of President of the IAACA, shared the initiatives and achievements of the organisation. &#8220;To deepen the experience exchange amongst members, the IAACA and the ICAC co-hosted the 8th ICAC Symposium and 11th IAACA Annual Conference last year, bringing together over 500 representatives from around 180 anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies across nearly 60 jurisdictions. To swiftly tackle emerging challenges, we have strengthened collaboration with various counterparts. To enable anti-corruption practitioners to connect, collaborate, and learn from each other anytime, anywhere, the IAACA organised online seminars for over 2,000 participants from around the world since April this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woo added that the fruitful exchanges with ACAs worldwide not only reaffirmed the endeavours of the ICAC and the IAACA, but also paved the way for better anti-graft collaboration in the future.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay in South Africa, Mr Woo also took the opportunity to meet with officials from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and anti-corruption agencies of Brazil, Italy and South Africa respectively to explore future cooperation and collaboration in training.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woo and ICAC officers then departed for Johannesburg. Later they called on the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People&#8217;s Republic of China to the Republic of South Africa H.E. Mr Wu Peng to learn about local social developments. 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