Danny Mok
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Hong Kong chemistry teacher held over online instructions on making poisonous gas, China News
A chemistry teacher at a Hong Kong secondary school has been arrested for allegedly putting instructions online on how to make a poisonous gas. Police officers from the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau spotted an article on an online discussion forum in mid-October that detailed how to make hydrogen sulphide, a highly toxic, flammable gas, Chief Inspector Cheng Chak... → Read More
Student loses $330,000 in Eason Chan Hong Kong concerts ticket scam, China News
A mainland Chinese student in Hong Kong lost more than HK$230,000 (S$330,000) after she fell victim to an online ticket scam for Canto-pop superstar Eason Chan Yik Shun concerts later this year. The 24-year-old university student was taken in after she spotted a page on the mainland social media platform Weibo, where an unknown seller claimed to have tickets for... → Read More
UN 'alarmed' over Hong Kong teenagers' sentence for 'armed revolution' call, China News
The United Nations (UN) human rights office on Tuesday (Oct 11) said it was "alarmed" by the sentencing of four Hong Kong minors from a pro-independence group under the national security law and appealed to local authorities to fall into line with international convention obligations. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the organisation regretted Hong… → Read More
Hong Kong professor conned out of nearly HK$4 million in phone scam
Victim receives call from someone saying he was involved in money laundering in mainland China, and later instructed to hand over details of Bank of China account to prove his innocence. → Read More
Hong Kong doctor arrested on suspicion of issuing fake Covid-19 jab exemptions, China News
A Hong Kong doctor has been arrested on suspicion of issuing thousands of exemption certificates without a proper diagnosis to patients who were reluctant to get Covid-19 shots. Police swooped on Dr Annie Choi Suk-mui's private clinic on Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long at 3pm on Monday (Sept 5) after complaints that the 64-year-old general practitioner was abusing the... → Read More
Snoozing Hong Kong police officer faces probe after gun left unattended, China News
A uniformed police officer in Hong Kong faces a disciplinary investigation and has been banned from carrying a gun after a video clip emerged showing him taking a nap with his service weapon and holster left unattended. The 4½-minute clip circulating online shows the male officer, who is wearing an eye mask and has removed his shoes, sleeping on three... → Read More
Hong Kong gets its first metaverse churches with avatars and virtual preachers, Digital News
Hong Kong’s Baptist minister Reverend Enoch Lam Yee-lok has said he believes he has the answer for Christians who find going to church too inconvenient and the services to be boring. In February, he started Me Church, where people show up as avatars – cartoon-like depictions of themselves – that sit in a stadium, sing hymns and listen to him... → Read More
Should Hong Kong’s Christian groups be worried about national security law curbs?
Pro-Beijing paper’s focus on discrimination against ‘Chinese religions’ an ominous sign, say some church men, but others see no reason to worry. → Read More
‘Devil’ in the details? Hong Kong dating coach arrested over S$22,635 fees, China News
A dating coach known as "Professor Devil" who offers online courses in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of charging a university student more than HK$130,000 (S$22,635) in alleged breaches of trade descriptions law. The 24-year-old student filed a complaint to customs earlier this year against the instructor, 32, a source close to the investigation said on Wednesday (April... → Read More
Singaporean overstayer in Hong Kong robs bank with toy gun, steals $2,400, China News
A Singaporean man who has stayed in Hong Kong illegally for more than a decade will be charged with robbery after he allegedly brandished a toy gun at a bank teller and stole HK$14,000 (S$2,400). Police said on Thursday (April 14) night that the man would be charged over the incident in Yau Ma Tei. He is also linked to... → Read More
Covid-19 infection could damage testicles, harm sex drive in men, study shows, China News
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have found that the coronavirus could damage testicles, lower sex drive and affect fertility in men. The findings, released on Sunday (Feb 20) by Professor Yuen Kwok Yung and his team from HKU, were based on a study of testicular and hormonal changes in hamsters infected with the virus. The infected hamsters... → Read More
Superspreader fears spark 3 days of Covid-19 testing at Hong Kong block, China News
Hong Kong authorities have placed a public housing block under a three-day restriction order for more than 2,500 residents to undergo daily Covid-19 testing, after a suspected Omicron superspreader was believed to have infected 16 others in the building. The order, which takes effect on Friday, was issued after top microbiologist Professor Yuen Kwok-yung inspected Kwai Chung Estate’s Yat Kwai... → Read More
4 Hongkongers arrested over calls for violent 'Christmas Eve revolution', China News
Police have arrested four Hongkongers on suspicion of trying to start a “Christmas Eve revolution” through violence. The local men aged 22 to 52 were accused of inciting others on Facebook and Telegram to gather on the streets illegally and commit violent acts, a police source said. Chief Inspector Benjamin Tai Tze-bun, of the cyber security and technology crime bureau,... → Read More
Hong Kong leader gets razor blade, threatening letter
A threatening package addressed to the chief executive arrives on Monday to the building at the very heart of Hong Kong’s government. → Read More
8 injured in Hong Kong nightlife district after car careers into pedestrians
The vehicle was believed to have been travelling downhill in reverse on Peel Street when it ran across Staunton Street and jumped the curb. → Read More
Police arrest man who shoved woman off platform onto Hong Kong rail track, China News
Hong Kong police have arrested a man who appeared to randomly shove a woman off a Light Rail station platform onto the track below. A widely circulated 12-second video clip of the incident on Sunday (Nov 28) afternoon shows a man at the end of the platform of Tai Hing (North) station in Tuen Mun violently pushing a woman walking... → Read More
Why Hong Kong is No 1 in the Popcat online gaming craze
Hongkongers may have arrived late to the online game phenomenon Popcat Click, but they have raced to the global top spot with no sign of waning enthusiasm. → Read More
Man dies of pneumonia after HK police seize trousers in detention
A man died of pneumonia just days after Hong Kong police took his trousers as evidence but rejected replacement clothes from his family while he was in detention, the force’s watchdog has disclosed in a report. → Read More
Man dies of pneumonia after Hong Kong police seize trousers as evidence, China News
A man died of pneumonia just days after Hong Kong police took his trousers as evidence but rejected replacement clothes from his family while he was in detention, the force's watchdog has disclosed in a report. The man had been arrested for possession of a dangerous drug after substances were found in a pocket of his trousers and was being... → Read More
Hong Kong police arrest man, 75, who escaped from hotel quarantine, China News
Hong Kong police have arrested an elderly man who escaped from compulsory quarantine in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel after recently arriving in the city from Europe. The 75-year-old man was detained in Sheung Wan on Monday (Sept 27) evening after spending about a day on the run, according to a police source. He had recently landed in Hong Kong... → Read More