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Crime news including the latest on murder cases, the hunt for serial killers, triads, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
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.
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.
Care, detailed legislation and regulation are required when employing technology that may prove effective in catching criminals.
Social media platforms must stay abreast of sinister technology developments that have ensnared Hong Kong leader John Lee and pop star Taylor Swift, among others.
Concern over donations to a decades-old city Christian NGO reveals the need for greater transparency from such groups.
- Beijing’s top anti-graft agency says Liu is ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’, which is widely understood to mean corruption
- Liu worked with Tang Yijun, China’s justice minister from 2020 to 2023, who was also placed under investigation this month
British comedian Russell Brand, facing allegations of rape and sexual assault from multiple women, doubled down on his commitment to Christianity over the weekend.
After police questioned Depardieu on Monday, Paris prosecutor said the actor, 75, would face trial over assaults allegedly committed during filming in 2021.
Three women contracted HIV after getting “vampire facials” at an unlicensed medical spa in New Mexico, in the first known such cases, authorities said.
Mainland’s General Administration of Customs says two men, who were departing in a group, stopped at Luohu border checkpoint after abnormalities detected in luggage.
Scrutiny cast on internet service providers, lax enforcement and a disturbing culture compounded by poverty.
The growth of Chinese family offices has been slowing in the city state amid tighter checks on new applicants. Elevated property prices and higher stamp duty aren’t helping either.
The suspects, members of Reichsbuerger (Citizens of the Reich), allegedly aimed to impose martial law on Germany and install an aristocrat as leader in a plot foiled by police in 2022.
The victims, who were 23 and 36, were killed on the premises of a shopping centre in the village of Murnau in Upper Bavaria. Possible motive for the killings was not yet known, police said.
US State Department said law, which imposes jail terms of up to 15 years for same-sex relations, ‘threatens those most at risk in Iraqi society’. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron called law ‘dangerous’.
Eldest son called police expressing concern for mother, saying she had left their Tung Chung home crying.
At least 26 women have been killed this year – one every four days – according to rights lobby group Destroy The Joint.
Operator reported burglary to police after returning to the shop on Jardine’s Crescent in Causeway Bay on Sunday and finding it had been ransacked overnight.
The surge happened after Japan allowed users to ride electric scooters without a driving licence in July.
Disgraced property mogul Truong My Lan may have been the richest person in Vietnam at one point – before she was caught taking out billions in fraudulent bank loans
City’s chief imam, Mufti Muhammad Arshad, condemns incidents but says he believes it is an individual case.
Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin have denied the charges for which they will be detained for a minimum of two months.
Meet Allen Weisselberg – retired CFO of the Trump Organisation and the former president’s most trusted accountant who’s heading to prison for the second time aged 76
The former film mogul’s lawyer says his client is a ‘train wreck health wise’ and is undergoing a battery of tests.
Six passengers injured after minibus hit lamp post and flipped on its side following collision.
In a country of more than 98 million Catholics, neither of the two leading candidates – both women – has shared specific proposals on abortion.
Senior Inspector Lau Chi-fung says the suspects, aged 15 to 18, apprehended over offences such as claiming to be triad members and possessing weapons.
Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu says deception cases in city grew 0.9 per cent, with all but investment scams declining between January to March.
The defendant attacked the victim with a weapon in a fit of rage after the elderly man’s peach tree blocked the sunlight from reaching his solar panels.
The comments come a day after witness David Pecker testified that Trump never mentioned worrying what his wife thought about his alleged affairs.
Court documents allege that suspect Dylan Earl was connected to the proscribed terrorist group the Wagner Group, the domestic Press Association news agency reported.
A total of 42,000 victims have seen their savings and investments in SCB evaporate after the bank was embroiled in a US$12.5 billion fraud.
A funeral was held on Friday for Faraz Tahir, who was killed in Sydney while trying to stop a mass stabbing attack.
Police confirm handguns and ammunition seized at mini-storage centre are genuine; officers to investigate weapons’ performance and capabilities.
