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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.
Constable Leung Fei-pang. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong officers lose appeal over framing homeless man, evidence cover-up

Presiding judges say attempts to block cameras showed intent to pervert justice.

Hong Kong society

Mainland Chinese dental clinics in Hong Kong come under scrutiny of authorities

Hong Kong

4 boys arrested over wet tissue ball, water assaults on pedestrians in Tsuen Wan

Hong Kong

British woman jailed for 6 years in Hong Kong over £100,000 rape‑claim blackmail

Judge finds allegation fabricated, citing inconsistent messages and lack of forensic evidence.

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Isabel Rose (centre) has been sentenced to six years in prison. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 991 in crackdown on illegal gambling during World Cup

Force raids 249 premises and discover betting records amounting to HK$365 million during campaign that began in June.

Hong Kong courts

Internet personality ‘Mr Ho’ jailed for 2 months over stabbing wife several times

Ho Huen, 79, admitted attacking Ye Xiuding on May 30 last year as their whirlwind romance unravelled and she decided to move out.

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Hong Kong courts

Ex-Hong Kong fencer jailed for 41 months for role in laundering HK$10.6 million

Court hears Chiu Man-to, 26, ignored suspicions his accounts were illegally used for money laundering.

The court heard that Chiu Man-to’s accounts were used to launder scam proceeds. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

78 arrested over illegal gambling, including members of syndicate at racecourse

Campaign also uncovers ‘small-scale casino’ operating out of North Point flat that offered mahjong and baccarat, with players served food and drink.

Hong Kong courts

Teenager sent to detention centre for attempted voyeurism in school toilet

Defendant to spend up to six months at Sha Tsui Correctional Institution, with magistrate urging teenager to reflect on his actions.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong trader held after unauthorised investments spark HK$150m brokerage loss

Source says suspect is 26-year-old investment manager at Central firm who worked as trader for about six months.

According to a source, the trader worked for a company in Central. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court tells jury to acquit 14 in alleged triad gangster murder case

Judge finds prosecutors failed to prove Luk Wing-ho, 27, was deliberately killed at his boxing gym.

Luk Wing-ho was taken to Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei but never regained consciousness. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong

13 arrested during World Cup over fake merchandise worth HK$159 million

Hong Kong customs confiscates 240,000 suspected counterfeit items over eight weeks and warns of rise in young people trying to make ‘quick money’.

Hong Kong

Online photo of overloaded motorcycle carrying child and 2 riders leads to arrest

Hong Kong police arrest man on suspicion of carrying more than one passenger and child under age of eight.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong student, 19, charged over bomb hoax at exams authority building

Liu Yuet-lam, 19, granted HK$2,000 cash bail after earlier claiming that explosives had been planted at the authority’s premises in Lai King.

Kwai Chung police station. The teenager was arrested at the weekend in Wong Tai Sin. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

3 arrested after 131kg of ketamine disguised as sugar cubes found in air cargo

Hong Kong customs intercepts cargo from Germany with help from mainland authorities, finding pails containing drugs worth about HK$51 million.

The pails seized by Hong Kong customs earlier this week containing the suspected ketamine. Photo: Handout
Scams and swindles

Hong Kong police arrest 61 in crackdown on phone scams as cases surge 46%

Operation smashes 54 cases mostly involving ‘guess who I am’ scams, with losses of over HK$31 million.

Hong Kong courts

Ex-primary school IT technician jailed 11 years for molesting 3 boys on campus

High Court hears Law Yuen-lung, 30, diagnosed with paedophilic disorder and kept over 800 images of child pornography.

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Hong Kong police

Boy, 14, arrested after allegedly knocking classmate unconscious

Police arrest teenager on suspicion of wounding after preliminary investigations suggest suspect pushed victim in classroom.

The injured classmate was taken to Tuen Mun Hospital. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Bar security footage helps clear Hong Kong rugby player of molestation charge

But Faizal Solomona Penesa admits lesser offence of common assault over encounter with woman at Bobby’s Rabble on Wyndham Street last September.

Hong Kong courts

Senior Hong Kong policeman convicted of molesting clerk 3 times at headquarters

Senior Superintendent Ian Chow found guilty of touching woman on three occasions, including during work party in front of witnesses.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Tai Po fire: 5 ‘key weaknesses’ flagged in government regulations – as it happened

Witness says the system itself does not have fundamental flaws, but it lacks a mechanism to target unscrupulous collusion.

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Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. Photo: Elson Li

Hong Kong woman guilty of throwing faeces onto air con, damaging security camera

Suen Siu-fong, a 59-year-old housewife, convicted of both charges at Eastern Court on Wednesday following a trial.

Suen Siu-Fong leaves Eastern Court on July 15. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong courts

2 prisoners found guilty of helping correctional officer attack fellow inmate

Court convicts Bosco Lee and Brian Lam of wounding with intent over brutal attack that sent inmate to hospital for emergency operation.

Hong Kong

2 men arrested over 123 ‘crash-for-cash’ traffic accidents in Hong Kong

Pair suspected of scamming more than HK$1 million from victims of staged accidents, often carrying out two or more in single day, police say.

Hong Kong courts

Woman gets 10 years in jail for luring victims into gang’s extortion plot

Court sentences Hau Yan-ki for helping gang ambush and take nude photos of victims to extort them for money.

The High Court. The defendant was among six people – two women and four men – arrested in connection with a series of extortion schemes perpetrated by a gang in November 2020. Photo: Warton Li
Hong Kong courts

CUHK academic who allegedly hid marital status from woman denies indecent assault

Peng Peng accused of touching waist and hip of fellow scholar, but defence says he thought she was receptive to limited physical contact.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong police officer gets nearly 2 years for upskirt filming, gun grab

Constable Ko Chun-chung, 40, admitted thrill of breaking the law drove him to commit offence against the woman on January 15, 2025.

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Hong Kong society

Dashcam row allegedly involving singer David Lui could be referred to police

Watchdog receives complaint over viral dashcam video, warns resharing without consent may breach anti-doxxing law.

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