廉署 (Liánshǔ): the ICAC (Independent Commissio…

Meanings

1 the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption), Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency
2 (by extension) Macau's CCAC

Characters

廉

Examples

廉署正在调查这宗贪污案。

Liánshǔ zhèngzài diàochá zhè zōng tānwū àn.

The ICAC is investigating this corruption case.

他被廉署带走协助调查。

Tā bèi Liánshǔ dài zǒu xiézhù diàochá.

He was taken away by the ICAC to assist with the investigation.

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history

Established in 1974 in response to the Peter Godber scandal, the Hong Kong ICAC 廉政公署 (Liánzhèng Gōngshǔ) is credited with transforming the colony from one of Asia's most corrupt police states into one of its cleanest jurisdictions. 廉署 is its colloquial short form.