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Brian Wong
Senior Reporter, Hong Kong
Judge finds prosecutors failed to prove Luk Wing-ho, 27, was deliberately killed at his boxing gym.
Committee’s lead counsel says on final day of hearings that Wang Fuk Court contractor and consultant deserve strongest condemnation.
Legal counsel for independent panel investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades delivers closing remarks at final public inquiry session.
Jenkin Suen attributes Wang Fuk Court inferno to ‘deceit, inaction and deliberate omission’ of contractors who exploited regulatory regimes.
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Witness says the system itself does not have fundamental flaws, but it lacks a mechanism to target unscrupulous collusion.
Judge says comments by lawyer for director of China Status Development and Engineering are ‘hardly acceptable’.
Alice Tong, 27, sentenced to two years and 10 months’ imprisonment for rioting during 2019 anti-government protests.
Counsel representing independent committee, government and other parties to all deliver final submissions from Wednesday to Friday.
Court sentences Hau Yan-ki for helping gang ambush and take nude photos of victims to extort them for money.
Constable Ko Chun-chung, 40, admitted thrill of breaking the law drove him to commit offence against the woman on January 15, 2025.
Angel Yu was suffering from a congenital heart defect that restricted blood flow and was receiving adrenaline at Prince of Wales Hospital.
Franklin Li received money through 14 bank transfers between May 2023 and August 2024 to fund legal defence team, retiree says in writ.
Franco Kuan, 45, faces criminal charges over allegations that he seriously injured Tou King-pan in case of reckless driving.
Chan Ho-hin earlier called on Hongkongers to support and join the Revive the Republic of China Freedom Party in Taiwan.
Cantopop star was fined HK$2,200 for various traffic offences after obtaining his probationary driving licence in February last year.
High Court has scheduled a plea and sentencing hearing for the 29-year-old jailed activist on September 2.
Prosecutors say Dr Tai Kong-shing, 80, conspired with intermediary to generate certificates en masse for personal gain.
Jury acquits Ng Ka-sing of murder, accepting defence that he may have accidentally killed girlfriend.
Chan Tai-sum, 27, and Ng Chi-tung, 25, plead guilty to secession conspiracy over Taiwan-based Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union roles.
Li Min is among seven individuals and two companies implicated in first criminal case against those deemed responsible for the inferno.
Court rules civil service had grounds to dismiss him over remarks questioning police integrity and inviting coworkers to 2020 Tiananmen Square vigil.
Ko Chun-chung, 40, pleads guilty to recording woman after following her up an escalator at Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station.
Victims offered free flights, accommodation and reward for transporting 48 million baht before being ‘sold’ to compound.
PolyU professors say local building regulations focus largely on interior blazes, while deadly estate fire started outside.
Curbs on combustible facades, smarter fire monitoring, tighter renovation rules and review of Hong Kong’s building standards among recommendations.
Mandating that only incombustible materials be used for renovation work at estates is unrealistic and would drive up project costs, committee told.
Xiao Rui, 37, also set to be penalised for using bogus bank records to deceive Immigration Department into granting him right of abode.
Committee chairman Justice David Lok says move would delay investigation and render panel unable to deliver final report on time.
Defendant, 35, admits to making explosives as part of a plot against authorities to plunge the city into ‘maximum chaos’ during 2019 unrest.
