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From shoot-outs on Hong Kong streets to online scams raking in billions: police chief Raymond Siu digs into three decades of crime
Police chief remembers day he was called to robbery carried out by notorious ‘king of thieves’ Kai Yip. → Read More
Hong Kong to ramp up security for handover anniversary to guard against new threats including Covid-19, home-grown terrorism, minister says
Security chief Chris Tang says all law enforcement agencies will be mobilised and preparations are in full swing to ensure guests’ safety. → Read More
5 Hongkongers fined $174 each for playing mahjong in MTR train, China News
Five men who were arrested for playing mahjong in an MTR train last October in Hong Kong have been fined HK$1,000 (S$174) each for causing nuisance and violating by-laws. The defendants, aged between 20 and 27, were convicted by the Kowloon City Court on Monday for committing an act of nuisance in a public place. Four of them were also... → Read More
2 suffer burns, 2 jump from sixth-floor window after fire breaks out in Hong Kong building, China News
Two people suffered burns and another two were injured jumping from a sixth-floor window after a blaze broke out in a Hong Kong residential building on Friday (April 1) morning. The fire started at 7.35 am in a 172 sq ft subdivided flat on the sixth floor of the Sing On Building on Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei. A... → Read More
Covid-19 and prisons: lockdown to contain outbreak difficult but needed, outgoing Hong Kong correctional services chief says, insists he did ‘fair’ job
Commissioner of Correctional Services Woo Ying-ming, 54, recalls challenges last month in dealing with outbreak among inmates. → Read More
Hong Kong child protection group staff abused toddlers on 91 occasions: Police, China News
Employees at one of Hong Kong’s leading child protection groups allegedly abused at least 26 toddlers on 91 occasions, police revealed on Saturday after reviewing additional security camera footage taken from the NGO’s Mong Kok premises. As officers sift through the more than 40,000 hours of video, new suspects are emerging in the scandal that has rocked the Hong Kong... → Read More
Woman, 27, dies after being critically injured in Hong Kong SoHo car crash, China News
A 27-year-old woman who was among eight people injured after a car crash in one of Hong Kong's busiest nightlife spots died on Saturday evening. The French woman, who had been in critical condition in Queen Mary Hospital after the Friday night crash, was certified dead at 6.35pm, a government spokesman said. Another woman and a man were listed as... → Read More
Hong Kong Immigration Department looks into claim 2 senior officers got luxury hampers from developer China Evergrande
Deputy director Benson Kwok and Chief Immigration Officer Jacky Wong reportedly received luxury Mid-Autumn Festival hampers from Evergrande director. → Read More
Heart, skill and wits: What it takes to defuse a crisis, prevent a suicide, China News
From rescuing people on the brink of suicide to settling hostage situations and family disputes, commanding officer Gilbert Wong Kwong Hing of the Hong Kong police negotiation cadre has handled more than 1,000 operations since joining the team in 1999. But after all this time, a woman in her 30s threatening to jump from the 10th floor scaffolding of a... → Read More
Hong Kong police vow to hunt down makers of fake contact-tracing app, China News
Hong Kong police pledged to track down the developer of a fake Covid-19 contact-tracing app on Tuesday (Nov 2), as three government employees were suspended after being arrested for using it to circumvent new entry rules for public premises. Two Immigration Department officers and an Audit Commission staff member were among five people arrested on Monday over fake versions of... → Read More
Hong Kong girl, 7, dies a week after choking on jelly, China News
A seven-year-old girl in Hong Kong has died a week after she choked on jelly candies. The girl from Chiu Sheung School Hong Kong on Pok Fu Lam Road was rushed to hospital for treatment on Oct 20 after she choked during recess time. A government spokesman said the girl died at 1.28pm in Queen Mary Hospital on Oct 27.... → Read More
Hong Kong activist Edward Leung ‘likely to be watched’ after early release from prison, sources say
Jailed for rioting in Mong Kok, prominent independence activist could be monitored by law enforcers including national security agencies, source says → Read More
How a chance meeting and chat over beer led to arrest of Hong Kong murder suspect, China News
A Lamma Island resident has described how she offered a beer to a “very gentle” murder suspect sitting outside a shop and kept him busy with small talk for 45 minutes until the Hong Kong police officers she had alerted arrived to handcuff him. The woman, who identified herself only as Tracy, told the Post she had several conversations with... → Read More
Citywide manhunt under way after Hong Kong taxi driver killed in early hours of Tuesday
Police have cordoned off the intersection of Eastern Street and Queen’s West Road, where residents reported seeing the victim attacked at 4.54am. → Read More
Hong Kong schools lose 81 Primary One classes as wave of emigration saps student population
One principal predicts cuts could be even worse next year if the border with mainland China is not reopened. → Read More
Hong Kong professor apologises for comic strip that offended police, China News
A local university professor has apologised after Hong Kong police accused him of smearing members of the force's official youth group in a recent newspaper comic. Wong Chiu Tat, an assistant professor of Baptist University's academy of visual arts, apologised for the "unfair" six-panel cartoon published by the newspaper Ming Pao on Friday (Sept 17). The comic strip depicted a... → Read More
Hong Kong is world's freest economy yet again, but not for long, group behind rankings warns, China News
Hong Kong has been crowned the world’s freest economy yet again by the Canada-based Fraser Institute, but the organisation’s latest report has also warned that Beijing’s heavy hand will drag the city down in future rankings – an assertion local officials were quick to deny. The research body’s Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) report, published on Tuesday (Sept 14),... → Read More
Hong Kong hospital apologises after nurse 'pricks' Covid-19 jab recipient with used needle, China News
A private hospital in Hong Kong has apologised after a nurse "pricked" a Covid-19 vaccine recipient with a needle used on a previous jab taker. A spokesman for Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital in Happy Valley on Friday (Sept 10) confirmed the incident involving a duty nurse at its community vaccination centre on Aug 22, saying the man had been... → Read More
Hong Kong customs racking up record drug busts as global trafficking syndicates switch tactics during pandemic
The successful drug busts have been attributed to increased cooperation by global law enforcement agencies in tracking drug shipments hidden in air and sea cargo. → Read More
Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms Nicole Kidman granted quarantine exemption to film Amazon show
Hollywood star avoids mandatory isolation on grounds her filming work is ‘conducive to maintaining the necessary operation and development of Hong Kong’s economy’. → Read More