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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.
Yau Yat Chuen Garden City Club notified the privacy watchdog on October 31 last year that its club management system was rendered inoperable due to a ransomware attack. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong society

Personal info of 9,045 people compromised in Hong Kong private club data breach

Yau Yat Chuen Garden City Club’s management system rendered inoperable due to ransomware attack that encrypted information system files.

Italy

Hong Kong police arrest 9 over HK$1.7 million in fake travel insurance claims

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Tai Po fire probe: no emergency alert sent over fears of unpredictable responses

Law

Legal Tales | Being annoying is not just an annoyance, it’s harassment under tort law

Unlike Singapore and the UK, which have unified statutes that criminalise online harassment, Hong Kong uses various laws for different contexts.

The Court of Final Appeal in Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Lamma ferry crash

Families seek review of coroner’s findings in Lamma ferry disaster inquest

Application for judicial review seeks to quash coroner’s findings that missing watertight door on ferry was a deliberate design choice.

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Hong Kong police

Scammers trick students abroad into buying gold in fake money-laundering probes

Hong Kong police say at least nine victims studying in UK, Australia and other countries have fallen prey to the scams.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong aiming to curb illicit fuel trade with tougher penalties: source

Buyers could face HK$1 million fine and one year in prison, while sellers risk up to HK$3 million fine and three years in jail under proposal.

Hong Kong plans tougher penalties and expanded powers to crack down on illicit fuel trade. Photo: Sam Tsang
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong seeks to seize HK$56.5 million, 17 companies from jailed Jimmy Lai

Secretary for justice has applied to the High Court to seize Lai’s assets linked to national security offences.

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Hong Kong

5 arrested in Hong Kong as thousands of anti-obesity tablets, injections seized

Authorities conduct two raids and seize over 3000 tablets of clonazepam and zolpidem, and six boxes of unregistered slimming injections.

Hong Kong police

Teen driving Tesla arrested after knocking second vehicle through storefront

Police say garage employee, 16, believed to have been trying to drive car out of building on Luk Mei Tsuen Road when he lost control.

Hong Kong police have arrested a 16-year-old garage worker for driving without a licence. Photo: Handout
Education in Hong Kong

ESF administrator jailed for 25 months for accepting bribes to favour applicants

Fatimah Rumjahn accepted HK$640,000 from 13 parents and a middleman to help them secure kindergarten places by tampering with admissions system.

Former English Schools Foundation administrator Fatima Rumjahn has been jailed for manipulating the priority ranking of applicants on the waiting list for Wu Kai Sha International Kindergarten. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police deploy drones for first time to tackle illicit street gambling

Eight suspects arrested after drones used to patrol and identify various street gambling spots, police say.

Accidents and personal safety

14 hurt after minibus slams into back of goods vehicle in Hong Kong

Crash occurred at about 9.30pm in Tsing Yi.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman loses HK$4.9 million to bogus online ‘investment experts’

Victim lured by social media advertisement promising high-return stock investments, police say.

Hong Kong recorded 43,212 crimes last year, nearly half of which were deception cases. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

Hong Kong authorities use drones to help raid illegal Yuen Long slaughterhouse

Facility run under ‘very poor hygiene’ conditions, officers say after arresting operator, 67, and seizing goat meat.

Officers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department seized 7.4kg of goat meat and offal with an estimated market value of HK$3,000. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong to scrap fax messaging between police and fire services for emergencies

Security chief Chris Tang says system to be digitised after Tai Po fire inquiry reveals use of fax for sharing emergency appeals gathered online.

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Hong Kong

Elderly man stabbed in the leg by attacker with knife in Sheung Wan

Hongkonger, 80, also sustains injury to elbow on Friday morning and is sent to Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for treatment.

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Hong Kong

7 arrested in crackdown on party rooms with copyright-infringing karaoke sets

Hong Kong customs raids 14 party rooms, a bar and residences of two sellers from mid-March to mid-April, seizing 28 sets and four gaming consoles.

Hong Kong customs displays confiscated items at a press conference held at the department’s headquarters in North Point. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest suspect over snatching phones at MTR stations

Two women report having phones taken by a male suspect at Lai King and Mei Foo stations as train doors closed.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority bars all contractors’ access to data after leak

Authority announces set of measures to strengthen system security after personal data of more than 56,000 patients at United Christian Hospital leaked.

Hong Kong society

Give officials more power to probe suspected animal cruelty cases: watchdog

Office of the Ombudsman says existing ‘investigative approach is ineffective against offenders intending to conceal evidence’.

The ombudsman has also called for strengthening penalties against illegal animal traps. Photo: ISD
Hong Kong courts

Owner of luxury Hong Kong home fined HK$110,000 over illegal structures, pool

Sunset Boulevard Company, which owns House No 76 at Redhill Peninsula in Tai Tam, lists Hong Kong resident Marc Robert Compagnon as its director.

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More than 70 houses at Redhill Peninsula were found to have encroached on government land or built unauthorised structures. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 5 over shoplifting syndicate targeting Muji stores

Group allegedly posted lookouts as other members swiftly stuffed clothing into handbags and reusable bags before leaving.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong police smash beautician-led syndicate behind HK$410,000 card fraud

Mong Kok beautician allegedly led syndicate that stole clients’ cards during treatments and splurged on phones, gold and herbal goods.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong police hunt for man behind theft of 2 Pokemon cards worth HK$28,000

Tenant of shop at Sino Centre reported the theft on Wednesday after reviewing security footage and finding cards were taken on April 5 before fleeing the scene.

The Sino Centre in Mong Kok. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police intercept Maserati, arrest 2 over suspected money laundering

Man and woman in their twenties handcuffed beside luxury sports car as officers from New Territories North regional headquarters search vehicle.

Hong Kong police intercept the Maserati on a busy street in Mong Kok on Wednesday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Wang Fuk Court resident reports suspected theft from fire-hit flat

Burglary fears resurface after resident reports drawers and boxes containing cash and jewellery had been rummaged through, prompting police investigation.

Hong Kong courts

Lawyer faces new charges after second person accuses him of indecent assault

Barrister Simon So faces additional charges after earlier hearing in which another person accused him of molestation in 2017.

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