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The core feuding members of late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung's family have reached an "agreement in principle" towards resolving their ongoing court battle over his HK$11.3 billion (S$1.95 billion) estate. The High Court heard on Monday (Jan 24) that the parties would still need time to work out the details of an agreement and had asked for another... → Read More
The late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung's feuding family has made "some progress" towards settling an ongoing dispute over his HK$11.3 billion (S$1.95 billion) estate, a court has heard. However, it remained unclear whether an overall settlement was possible, with parties requesting another 24 hours for talks in an application granted by Mr Justice David Lok Kai-hong on Thursday... → Read More
The battle over the HK$11.3 billion (S$1.95 billion) estate of late Hong Kong tycoon and philanthropist Henry Fok Ying-tung reopened in court on Tuesday with three of his 13 children seeking to restore his flagship company’s right to a valuable mainland China development project. The feuding family reached a deal to end all legal actions over the billionaire’s estate in... → Read More
An unemployed Hong Kong man has been jailed for four years and three months for sexually assaulting five schoolgirls aged between 12 and 15, on most occasions under the guise of performing exorcisms. The District Court heard Lee Pak To, 37, had befriended all of his victims, who were from the same school, in the basketball court near where he... → Read More
A Hong Kong court has ordered the winding up of Next Digital, a media group founded by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee Ying, following a government petition. Master Jack Wong Kin Tong of the High Court made the order on Wednesday against the parent company of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, with Kenny Tam King Ching and Man King Shing... → Read More
The eldest brother of late Canto-pop queen Anita Mui Yim-fong has sued the production company behind a lavish biopic currently screening in Hong Kong over alleged trademark violations. Peter Mui Kai-ming on Thursday filed a High Court claim accusing Edko Films of infringing his rights to two registered trademarks, including “Anita Mui”, without his authorisation in the production, promotion… → Read More
An MTR employee has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Hong Kong police officer to solicit pornographic videos from teenage girls, along with a host of other offences committed over a span of nearly two years. Fong Hung-shun, 36, also admitted making similar demands from three female colleagues, using threats that included causing trouble for one victim’s family, leaking allegations of... → Read More
A former district councillor on Wednesday (Nov 17) told a Hong Kong court how a complete stranger bit off his ear with a "pluck" sound that he would remember for the rest of his life, after he tried to stop an argument during the 2019 social unrest . "I just wanted to help," Andrew Chiu Ka-yin said. "Why was I... → Read More
A Hong Kong couple who abused a friend’s baby daughter before her death have asked the court for mercy, asking for their childcare difficulties and a failure by authorities to intervene despite “red flags” in the girl’s home life to be taken into account. Lawyers for housewife Or Ching Man, 36, and construction worker Shiu Kwok Wai, 33, on Tuesday (Oct... → Read More
An unemployed Hong Kong man raped a woman who agreed to an encounter believing she was meeting another lesbian, only to discover his true sex at the moment of intercourse, a High Court jury heard on Monday (Sept 27). In opening their case, prosecutors said 30-year-old Tsang Tsz Ho, who has denied the allegations, met his alleged victim through the... → Read More
A man has been jailed for life in Hong Kong for smothering his wife following a dispute over his two other wives. A High Court jury of four men and three women reached a unanimous verdict on Wednesday, finding Gambian refugee Touray Ousainou, 39, guilty of murdering 40-year-old Adele Melano Cuyacot, from the Philippines, on or about April 10, 2019.... → Read More
Three domestic helpers have admitted stealing and pawning more than HK$14 million (S$2.4 million) worth of jewellery, watches and gold bars from the luxury home of Hong Kong shipping magnate David Liang Chong Hou and his wife Helen Frances. The High Court on Thursday (Sept 2) heard Carmelita Galay Nones, 47, stole two Piaget watches, two gold bars and... → Read More
Jailing a pilot for supermarket shopping at the start of his quarantine was clearly an excessive sentence that overlooked the impact on his career, according to a Hong Kong judge who replaced the 10-day term with a HK$15,000 fine ($2,613). Madam Justice Susana D’Almada Remedios on Tuesday (Aug 24) gave a High Court judgment explaining why she had found the... → Read More
A married Hong Kong teacher has admitted convincing two underage girls to pose and send him nude pictures of themselves, in one case in exchange for tools in an online game. The District Court also heard that Yau Chi-ho, 38, had more than 1,120 photos and videos in his iPhone and personal computer, capturing young girls – ranging from early... → Read More
A Hong Kong man has admitted hacking his son with a knife so badly that the younger man had to be hospitalised for 27 days to treat a skull fracture and multiple cuts suffered in an attack stemming from a dispute over bathroom use. The District Court heard the vicious attack in a public housing flat at Lei Yue Mun... → Read More
An elderly doctor found guilty of molesting his domestic helper in Hong Kong has been jailed for 30 months and denied bail pending an appeal. Magistrate Daniel Tang Siu Hung on Thursday (July 16) said Brian Drew Apthorp, 83, breached the trust placed upon him as both a doctor and an employer when he assaulted his then helper, a Filipino named... → Read More
Hong Kong television star Mat Yeung Ming should not have been allowed to reverse his guilty plea for careless driving and illegal window tinting, according to prosecutors, who also want to overturn his acquittal on a separate charge. Acting deputy director of public prosecutions Jonathan Man Tak Ho argued in Eastern Court on Friday (July 9) that Magistrate Daniel Tang... → Read More
A Hong Kong man killed his father by stabbing him six times in the neck, then dumped the body at sea and fled to Taiwan after being refused money he needed to repay loan sharks, the city’s High Court heard on Thursday (July 8). Prosecutors opened their case against insurance agent Lai Kan-yau, 28, after he pleaded not guilty to... → Read More
A Hong Kong judge questioned on Monday (May 31) whether animals had the right to sue after a woman who adopted one of 30 pets thrown from a building last year challenged prosecutors’ decision not to press charges against the two alleged perpetrators. Mr Justice Alex Lee Wan Tang raised the question after the adoptive owner argued that prosecutors had... → Read More
Imprisoned Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi Fung on Thursday (May 6) was sentenced to 10 months’ jail for taking part in an unauthorised vigil last year commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown . Three district councillors – Lester Shum, 27, Tiffany Yuen Ka Wai, 27, and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung, 26 – were also sentenced for their roles in... → Read More