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Hong Kong crime news, including murder cases, triads, the hunt for serial killers, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
Three serious Hong Kong government breaches in a week are an embarrassment and highlight need for public and private sectors to eliminate latest risks.
Heartbreaking case of alleged child abuse by nanny from city neighbourhood scheme raises questions about screening, instruction and assessment.
Automatic right to screens in Hong Kong courts that spare complainants from having to face the accused would encourage victims of crime to come forward, and enhance justice.
Carers from all sections of city society carry financial and psychological burdens, but official help seen to mainly target those from grass-roots families
Attacks on Hong Kong businesses were up more than 50 per cent last year from a year earlier, as perpetrators exploited weak security to find unlocked digital doorways and launch ransomware raids.
The MTR fined nearly 4,300 people for misusing the fare scheme in the nine months through February, while the Transport Department inspected buses and ferries across 650 routes.
While authorities should promote safe internet practices for the young and vulnerable, parents can strengthen the first line of defence by staying vigilant about their children’s online activities.
Increased supply, lower prices and rise in social stress in city have been blamed for shift from cannabis to the substance.
- Yeung Lam-lung, 59, detained by Polish authorities at international airport, according to Interpol
- ICAC says Yeung, former adjunct associate professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s department of chemistry, faces 17 charges
Suspects allegedly showed man stacks of hell banknotes and persuaded him to transfer about HK$1 million worth of USDT to cryptocurrency wallet provided by them.
US social media giant’s move follows calls from Hong Kong justice minister for parent company Google to ‘keep its word’ from past discussions.
Hong Kong’s market regulator has warned the public to beware of a suspected investment scam in which fraudsters claim they are trying to raise the funds to relaunch one of the city’s iconic nightclubs.
Those convicted of serious offences including endangering national security, ill-treating a child, rape or murder, can be permanently removed by social work regulator.
Wong Chun-keung says he agreed to all the prosecution’s allegations, which he now concedes had false information, because he wanted his sentence reduced.
Criminals withdrew cash from stooge accounts and used it to buy virtual currencies at local over-the-counter outlets in a bid to conceal flow of money, police say.
Jimmy Lai’s defence seeking to question ex-publisher Cheung Kim-hung about internal chat records on Slack, which included abstracts of various ‘lunchbox meetings’ among Apple Daily executives.
Seventeen Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) lawmakers say they have been mentioned at least 50 times in evidence since start of Jimmy Lai trial.
Police say hackers pretended to be account holders, sent messages to relatives and friends to ask for urgent financial help.
Trio alleged to have gathered information, carried out surveillance and forced entry into residential address in United Kingdom.
Criminals ‘exploit the perceived anonymity and ease of cross-border transactions that cryptocurrencies offer’, Forrester report says.
Police say 21 men, 13 women detained on suspicion of offences such as riding unregistered device and driving without licence.
Bill Yuen, 63, Peter Wai, 38, and Matthew Trickett, 37, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday and were granted bail.
Woman, 58, believed to have burned charcoal to commit suicide with 32-year-old son at her Kwai Chung home on Mother’s Day, source says.
Prosecution suggests Lai’s lawyers refrained from asking Apple Daily publisher earlier about evidence of ‘lunchbox meetings’, but judge warns allegation lacked ‘proper foundation’
‘Initial investigation showed eight men, carrying wooden rods, rushed into the shop, broke two cars, a computer and television, as well as a glass panel,’ police say.
Police say more mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong falling victim, with amounts swindled often higher.
Weekend operation in southern parts leads to arrests over offences including drink driving and possession of dangerous drugs.
Justice minister calls on tech giant to say whether it will remove links to ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ after court ruled to ban its distribution.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology launches probe after video circulates on social media appearing to show student smoking drug inside dorm room.
Force alerted to altercation in early hours of Saturday morning in Yuen Long, where officers found 50-year-old man unconscious with head injuries.
Prosecution reads out reports by City University Professor Wang Guiguo on impact of US laws designed to penalise alleged perpetrators of human rights violations in Hong Kong.
Judge says Man Hay, 33, was promising musician but ended his career by stockpiling over 10kg of explosive materials discovered at rented storage unit in 2022.
Defence lawyer Priscilla Lam argues prosecution witness Wong Chun-keung’s testimony fails to match up with details from Telegram chat records for ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’.
Parent company of Lukfook Jewellery says it is investigating alleged incident after being told about underground forum post selling data for more than HK$190,000.
Luk Kin-ting in court facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under age of 13 and another of making child pornography.
Google may simply restrict how song appears on local search result listings and decline to enforce ban globally, one industry figure says.
