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Robbery suspect flees Hong Kong hospital barefoot but is caught after taxi rides
Suspect escapes police custody at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan but is caught hours later in Mong Kok.
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5 arrested in Hong Kong over HK$1.8 million stolen from eMPF pension accounts
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Hong Kong customs arrests 2 party room operators over suspected pirated songs
19 Dec 2025 - 4:11PM
Hong Kong police
1 arrested after currency exchange staff robbed of 1 billion yen in Hong Kong
Four knife-wielding men stole Japanese currency worth nearly HK$50 million before fleeing scene, police say.
18 Dec 2025 - 9:53PM
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Accidents and disasters in China
How will Jimmy Lai’s conviction affect China-UK ties, Starmer’s planned visit?
Outcome of ex-media tycoon’s Hong Kong trial poses stern test for Labour government’s balancing act with Beijing, observers say.
17 Dec 2025 - 11:17PM
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Hong Kong police probing HK$88,000 in burned banknotes seen falling from building
Scorched banknotes reportedly rained down from Lei Yue Mun Estate block and scattered across the estate.
17 Dec 2025 - 6:42PM
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong engineer gets 5 years over HK$6 million laundering and bribery offences
High Court jails former civil servant for laundering millions and taking bribe to help friend’s engineering firms win government tenders.
16 Dec 2025 - 9:42PM
Mainland China
Hong Kong customs seizes HK$256 million of suspected cocaine hidden in ship hull
Underwater robots help detect 417kg of suspected cocaine wrapped in 11 waterproof packages concealed behind grate of sea chest.
17 Dec 2025 - 3:34AM
Hong Kong police
Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly driving school bus under influence of drugs
Police say 23-year-old driver failed a rapid drug test after reportedly driving erratically in Kai Tak with a pupil on board.
16 Dec 2025 - 10:04PM
Jimmy Lai trial
Hong Kong court’s verdict in Jimmy Lai trial sheds light on law, experts say
Judges stress that Lai’s actions before enactment of national security law were not the subject of any charges, serving only as background.
16 Dec 2025 - 8:30AM
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China-EU relations
Trump appeals to Xi over Jimmy Lai as Britain summons China’s ambassador
US president says he asked Chinese leader to consider freeing Lai, describing the jailed media executive as ‘an older man’ who is ‘not well’.
16 Dec 2025 - 8:17AM
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Jimmy Lai trial
Jimmy Lai’s conviction in Hong Kong becomes flashpoint between China, West
Western nations unlikely to hit city with more sanctions as they need Beijing’s cooperation to offset unfair US trade practices, experts say.
16 Dec 2025 - 1:25AM
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Jimmy Lai trial
Jimmy Lai’s ‘rabid hatred’ of party led him down ‘thorny path’: Hong Kong court
Judges find former media boss guilty of national security offences, dismissing his ‘inconsistent, contradictory and unreliable’ testimony.
16 Dec 2025 - 1:47AM
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai used personal ties to seek foreign sanctions: court ruling
Former media boss tapped into vast political network for intervention against Beijing and Hong Kong, according to 857-page judgment.
16 Dec 2025 - 1:53AM
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong barrister granted temporary anonymity in molestation case
Court approves 32-year-old defendant’s request to hide his name to protect alleged victim’s identity.
15 Dec 2025 - 7:16PM
Hong Kong's national security law
Boy, 16, jailed for 3½ years for joining Hong Kong pro-independence group
Judge rules he was ‘active participant’ in Taiwan-based Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union.
15 Dec 2025 - 5:51PM
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong expands sex offender screening scheme to include volunteer tutors
New scope of screening includes volunteer teachers and sports coaches, but scheme not compulsory for organisations.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:58PM
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Hong Kong national security law
Woman, 26, arrested in Hong Kong over military-style drills
Woman taken into custody on suspicion of engaging in unlawful military-style drill after nine men earlier arrested for same offence.
14 Dec 2025 - 10:20PM
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Hong Kong police
Hong Kong police arrest 7 in crackdown on credit card theft, fraud syndicate
Suspects allegedly coordinated thefts of credit cards in crowded places, before buying luxury items totalling more than HK$4 million.
14 Dec 2025 - 6:28PM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong police arrest man, 71, for alleged attack on 2 others over smoking spat
Man alleged to have poured water on 58-year-old woman and hit her son with bottle after they complained about his smoking in tunnel.
13 Dec 2025 - 8:31PM
Hong Kong national security law
Hong Kong national security police arrest 9 over military-style combat drills
Arrests first under domestic national security law, with some suspects allegedly gathering at scene of Tai Po fire.
14 Dec 2025 - 9:57PM
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Hong Kong courts
Hongkonger remanded after ‘impersonating fire victim, claiming HK$18,000 in aid’
Defendant allegedly said he was Chan Man-him, a resident of fifth-floor flat at Wang Shing House, while the actual occupant was Wong Kam-hung.
12 Dec 2025 - 4:43PM
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong police arrest man over trying to open plane door on Cathay flight
Police officers board aircraft after it safely landed at Hong Kong airport, arrest man for allegedly violating Aviation Security Ordinance.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:58PM
Hong Kong
Hospital Authority reports alleged fake device certificate to Hong Kong police
Certificate submitted by subcontractor Novox not issued by mainland Chinese lab Guangdong Zhongzhenhang Metrology Testing Co Ltd as claimed.
11 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong police officer found guilty of forging statements to close 10 cases
Wong Yiu-chung, 34, convicted of forgery and misconduct after using fake statements, hiding facts from victims and misleading his superiors.
10 Dec 2025 - 8:04PM
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Persistence of scams targeting students in Hong Kong shows need for vigilance
Stronger enforcement and publicity of anti-fraud measures are necessary to uphold the city’s allure as a hub for education.
8 Dec 2025 - 6:45AM
Drugs
Hong Kong police arrest 2 over possession of suspected dangerous drugs
Man, 55, and woman, 49, stopped in Cheung Sha Wan with officers seizing cartridges and packets of suspected etomidate and methamphetamine.
6 Dec 2025 - 9:45PM
Legislative Council election 2025
Hong Kong police arrest man after Legco election posters vandalised
Five posters related to Sunday’s poll allegedly destroyed on Mei Tin Road in Tai Wai, according to force.
6 Dec 2025 - 7:01PM
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