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Screengrab of a press conference by police’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau about the recent fraud crackdown. Photo: RTHK
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 5 over stealing HK$1.8 million from eMPF account holders

Scammers impersonate pension account holders to withdraw funds, prompting managing body to suspend digital vertification process.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs arrests 2 party room operators over suspected pirated songs

Hong Kong police

1 arrested after currency exchange staff robbed of 1 billion yen in Hong Kong

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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.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to visit Beijing and Shanghai in late January. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong

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.

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.

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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.

Underwater robots were used to locate the packages stashed in the cargo ship’s sea chest. Photo: Edmond So
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.

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.

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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’.

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Police officers keep watch as a van transporting media tycoon Jimmy Lai leaves the West Kowloon court on Monday in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP
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.

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The ruling could send Jimmy Lai to jail for life. Photo: AP
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.

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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.

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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.

The Eastern Court building in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: SCMP
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.

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The District Court in Wan Chai. Photo: Nora Tam
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.

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.

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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.

Evidence collected as part of the investigation is displayed at a police press event. Photo: Handout
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.

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.

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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.

At least 160 people died in the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. Photo: Eugene Lee
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.

Cathay has said no crew members or passengers were injured in the incident. Photo: Sam Tsang
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.

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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.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | 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.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong holds an information day for prospective students at its campus in Sha Tin on October 11. Photo: Edmond So
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.

A government advertisement warning about the dangers of the drug previously named the drug “space oil” and renamed as etomidate. Photo: May Tse
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.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong lawyer who had sex with girl, 12, jailed for 3 years, 7 months

Court rejects claim by Kelvin Luk, 40, that he was in a serious and genuinely loving relationship with the 12-year-old.

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