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Hong Kong taxi driver saves 81-year-old from 'guess-who-I-am' phone scam, China News
A Hong Kong taxi driver who overheard a conversation between his two passengers about their plan to cheat an 81-year-old woman has helped foil a scam attempt, leading to the pair's arrest in the latest of a string of "guess-who-I-am" phone deception cases. Police on Friday said the 39-year-old driver learned of the ruse through a conversation he heard between... → Read More
Hong Kong police arrest 5 over falling screen at Mirror concert, China News
Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with the case of a falling giant screen that seriously injured two dancers during a Mirror concert, as investigations revealed that subpar installation work and wrongful declaration of information had contributed to the accident. The five suspects, some arrested for fraud and for allowing objects to be dropped from a height,... → Read More
Student, 14, arrested over $160k factory drug bust in Hong Kong, China News
A 14-year-old Hong Kong student has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking after police discovered more than HK$880,000 (S$160,000) worth of illegal drugs in a factory unit. The force said on Thursday the teenager, a Form Two student, was detained a day earlier when officers raided a public housing flat at Kwai Fong Estate in Kwai Chung at about... → Read More
Knife attack on Ferrari driver, passenger in Hong Kong after vehicle rammed, China News
A Ferrari driver and passenger were victims of a knife attack in Hong Kong early on Friday (Oct 21) morning, with police on the hunt for at least six black-clad suspects who had rammed the vehicle before carrying out their assault. The driver and his passenger, both aged 27, tried to hide in their car but the knife-wielding gangsters pulled open... → Read More
Hong Kong police arrest Japanese actress providing sex services, track syndicate, China News
Hong Kong police are tracking a prostitution ring that lured women, including a Japanese AV (adult video) actress, from overseas to the city to provide sexual services at a hotel. A source said he believed the syndicate took advantage of the easing of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions to bring sex workers from abroad into the city. Last month, Hong Kong... → Read More
Student arrested in Hong Kong for role in faked kidnapping to scam parents, China News
A mainland Chinese student in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of wasting police resources over her role in her elaborately staged kidnapping that sought to trick her parents into handing over HK$5 million (S$914,000) in ransom. The ruse came to light last Friday (Sept 30) after the victim's mainland parents received a video that showed what appeared to... → Read More
Murderer charged for allegedly attempting to bribe Hong Kong prison official, China News
A woman who was sentenced to life in prison for gunning down two relatives in a Hong Kong park four years ago has been charged with offering a bribe of HK$300,000 (S$54,000) to a prison official, according to the city’s graft-buster. Ada Tsim Sum-kit, 48, who was charged on Tuesday (Sept 20) with one count of offering an advantage to... → Read More
Masked burglar steals $1.6 million worth of watches and jewellery from luxury Hong Kong home, China News
Hong Kong police are hunting for a masked burglar who stole HK$9 million (S$1.6 million) worth of luxury watches and jewellery from the home of a Korean investment banker after the man and his wife left to go shopping. The thief, wearing a black balaclava and carrying a yellow bag, fled with his haul after he was disturbed by the... → Read More
Homeless woman in Hong Kong robbed by bicycle duo of $2,800 and mobile phone, China News
Two bicycle-riding robbers in Hong Kong are on the run after snatching a waist pouch containing HK$16,000 (US$2,800) and a mobile phone from an elderly street-sleeper in the early hours of Monday (Aug 22). The 74-year-old woman was sitting on a flight of staircases outside Kowloon City Plaza sorting out used cardboard at the junction of Lion Rock Road and... → Read More
$35k a month Cambodian casino job turns into ransom nightmare for young Hongkonger, China News
A jobless university graduate from Hong Kong was lured to Cambodia with the promise of a high-paying casino post and held against his will when he refused to pay a ransom, police have revealed. The 22-year-old was one of 20 city residents who became trapped in Southeast Asia since January after they fell for employment or relationship scams. The force... → Read More
Woman arrested after video of couple having sex on Hong Kong flat balcony posted online, China News
A video posted online showing a naked couple having sex in broad daylight on the balcony of a flat in a high-rise building at Hong Kong's former Kai Tak Airport led to the arrest of a woman, police said on Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, a citywide police search for her male partner was still under way. The 36-year-old woman... → Read More
Hong Kong police arrest TVB worker over dodgy alerts sent out on news app, China News
Hong Kong police arrested a 27-year-old Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) employee just hours after 23 unauthorised push notifications were sent out via the broadcaster's news app earlier this week, it was revealed on Friday (May 6). The male suspect - a local resident - was detained on suspicion of accessing a computer with dishonest intent - an offence that is... → Read More
5 'haunted-house explorers' fined for breaching Covid rules in Hong Kong, China News
Police have fined five haunted-house explorers HK$5,000 (S$878) each for violating social-distancing regulations after they were found sneaking into an abandoned school in Hong Kong in the early hours of Wednesday (April 27). Officers were called to the disused site on Choi Shek Lane in Ngau Tau Kok after a security guard in the former campus of St Joseph’s Anglo-Chinese... → Read More
Hong Kong police warn of Covid-19 risk after infected sex worker case, China News
A suspected prostitute has told police she offered sexual services for up to six clients a day in a five-star hotel in Hong Kong while she was infected with Covid-19, prompting the force to warn those seeking such services of the risk of catching the virus. The suspect in her twenties was among six mainland women detained for unlawfully remaining... → Read More
Passerby calls police after mistaking sex doll for human body at Hong Kong beach, China News
Police were called to a Hong Kong beach after a discarded sex doll wrapped in a plastic bag was mistaken for a human body on Monday (March 14). Officers from the patrol subunit of Chai Wan Police Station were sent to a refuse collection depot on Big Wave Bay Road in Shek O after receiving a report from a female... → Read More
Hong Kong woman arrested on suspicion of murdering newborn daughter, China News
Hong Kong police arrested a woman on suspicion of murdering her two-week-old daughter by dropping her from a footbridge just before daybreak on Friday. Police and paramedics were called to the scene outside the Sea Crest Villa private housing estate on Castle Peak Road near Tuen Mun at around 5.30am. “The 41-year-old mother was accused of dropping the baby from... → Read More
103-year-old Hong Kong man dies after passing out while eating chocolate cake, China News
A 103-year-old man with a history of heart illness died in hospital early Friday (Feb 11) morning after passing out while eating a chocolate cake at his home in Hong Kong. Emergency personnel were called to his flat on Sau Chuk Yuen Road in Kowloon City shortly before 12.30am after police received a report from his son. An initial investigation... → Read More
Hong Kong man arrested after fight with mother, brother over Covid jab, China News
Police arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of attacking his mother and brother with a box cutter at a Hong Kong public housing flat on Wednesday after he refused to get vaccinated. Emergency personnel were called to the family’s home in Wah Mei Lau at Kwun Tong Garden Estate on Ngau Tau Kok Road soon after 2.30pm, when the alleged attack... → Read More
Pedestrian has close brush with death after Porsche crashes near Hong Kong market, China News
A pedestrian had a narrow escape when a Porsche mounted the pavement outside a busy Hong Kong market after its driver lost control, leaving seven people injured. Dashcam footage posted online showed a cleaner falling to the ground as the sports car mounted the pavement and crashed near the Tung Yick Market building in Hop Choi Street, Yuen Long, at... → Read More
Hong Kong authorities seize pets, frozen animal genitals, tails in anti-smuggling raid, China News
Thirty-seven pedigree kittens and puppies were confiscated on Friday along with HK$4.1 million (S$712,500) worth of bull penis and deer tails in a Hong Kong anti-smuggling operation, the year’s first major contraband seizure. The 30 cats and seven dogs were smuggled into the city from Shekou by speedboat, according to local officials, who also found 48 boxes of frozen bull... → Read More