Advertisement
Advertisement
TOPIC

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong courts
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Hong Kong courts. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Former prosecutor William Wong has lost a judicial challenge against his dismissal for remarks he made in emails that accused police of lying and invited colleagues to attend the Tiananmen Square vigil in 2020. Photo: Brian Wong
June 4 vigil in Hong Kong

Ex-prosecutor loses court challenge over sacking for emails flouting neutrality

Court rules civil service had grounds to dismiss him over remarks questioning police integrity and inviting coworkers to 2020 Tiananmen Square vigil.

Hong Kong national security law

Ex-opposition lawmaker Wu Chi-wai released after serving time for subversion

Crime in Hong Kong

Police officer admits taking upskirt footage and trying to grab colleague’s gun

Hong Kong

Hong Kong court places baby Danny in Social Welfare Department care for 3 years

Couple will not appeal against court decision but hope to take back home-born child within one to two years.

videocam
4
Parents Tsang Wai-bong (left) and Kwan Pui-sin arrive at the Juvenile Court for a hearing on Friday. Photo: Sun Yeung
Scams and swindles

Hong Kong beautician pleads guilty to luring 2 women into Myanmar scam factory

Victims offered free flights, accommodation and reward for transporting 48 million baht before being ‘sold’ to compound.

Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Watchdog seeks HK$250,000 for family of late helper sacked during cancer battle

District Court holds hearing to assess how much compensation should be awarded, five years after death of Baby Jane Allas.

8
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Bid-rigging trial over HK$700 million in renovation work set for 2028 at earliest

Eight companies and 12 individuals suspected of rigging bids for at least 11 building maintenance projects, including at Wang Fuk Court.

The fire-blackened buildings of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. Dream Building is accused of conspiring with three other companies to exchange information about their bids on the estate’s renovation project. Photo Sam Tsang
Hong Kong national security law

City leader’s new national security powers will not affect appeals: minister

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says subsidiary laws provide greater clarity and certainty.

Crime in Hong Kong

Ex-Chinese official’s son held in Hong Kong over HK$64m money laundering case

Xiao Rui, 37, also set to be penalised for using bogus bank records to deceive Immigration Department into granting him right of abode.

Crime in Hong Kong

Boy, 5, starved to death was half normal weight for age, Hong Kong court told

Mother, 38, pleads guilty to count of manslaughter and another of cruelty to child over the death of son, age five, in September 2022.

Police officers stand guard outside the residential flat where the boy died. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong

1 year in prison for man who forced 2 Thai women into prostitution in Hong Kong

Gang member Chiu Hon-leung ordered subordinates to lock women in Yau Ma Tei flat in 2023 but was arrested after victims alerted Thai consulate.

4
The two Thai women were trafficked to Hong Kong and locked in a flat on Temple Street. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong court jails man for 14 years over ‘evil’ bomb plot

Defendant, 35, admits to making explosives as part of a plot against authorities to plunge the city into ‘maximum chaos’ during 2019 unrest.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s top court rejects challenge to law banning calls for election boycotts

Judges say criminalising boycott calls is proportionate to safeguard elections and counter “organised campaigns” after 2019 unrest.

6
Crime in Hong Kong

Filmmaker Raymond Wong begins jail sentence, giving up bail as he awaits appeal

Wong, 80, does not give reason for relinquishing bail, but starts serving five-month jail term after being convicted of insider trading.

Film producer Raymond Wong outside Eastern Court in Sai Wan Ho on May 22, the day he was convicted of insider trading. Photo: Sun Yeung
Crime in Hong Kong

Man ‘mistakenly beat girlfriend to death while trying to help her lose weight’

Ng Ka-sing, 29, denies murdering his girlfriend in Hong Kong village house in 2022.

Ng Ka-sing (centre) was arrested in 2022. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong

Hong Kong court rejects HK$12m claim against Cecilia Cheung over contract dispute

Former agent accuses actress of reneging on film appearances, but judge finds contract likely to be fabricated and no payment made.

Mirror

Video | Mirror dancer paralysed in accident awarded HK$6.29m

A Hong Kong court has awarded the 31-year-old, who needs three carers to provide round-the-clock assistance, maximum compensation.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong tutor admits to molesting 5 boys, filming abuse as ‘mementos’

Man, 46, pleads guilty to 19 sex offences against boys aged seven to 14 at now-closed tutorial centre in Mei Foo between 2017 and 2023.

Yu Hey-tsit, 46, pleaded guilty at the High Court to 15 counts of indecent assault and four of making child pornography. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Mo Li Kai-yin

Mirror dancer left with ‘catastrophic disabilities’ awarded HK$6.29m in damages

Judge Phillis Loh grants 31-year-old Mo Li, who needs three carers to provide round-the-clock assistance, maximum compensation under various headings.

11
Hong Kong

HK$2,000 bind-over for helper who slapped employer’s child during meal

Hong Kong court imposes three-year good behaviour bond for assault charge after helper slapped girl for refusing to eat her dinner.

Crime in Hong Kong

British tourist wanted after jumping bail over Hong Kong airport vandalism

Youcef Bennoui, 35, failed to appear at West Kowloon Court to answer charges of criminal damage and possession of a Part 1 poison.

videocam
28
Youcef Bennoui leaves West Kowloon Court after being granted bail on April 15. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong national security law

Opinion | Why executive branches are best placed to gauge national security risks

Courts the world over sit on national security cases but defer to executive judgment on national security issues. Hong Kong is no different.

videocam
9
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu attends the opening ceremony of National Security Education Day at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on April 15. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong

Court extends order against college finance chief in HK$25m embezzlement case

Hong Kong Chu Hai College alleges that Ray Yip disguised illicit transactions as academic and administrative expenses.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong retiree gets 40 hours of community service for slapping 5-year-old boy

Court hears Lok Kam-ming, 61, lost his temper after hearing boy berate helper at Grand Yoho shopping centre.

Hong Kong

Editorial | As charges are laid in the Tai Po fire case, justice must be done

In bringing the first charges in little more than six months, the police and ICAC have acted with commendable speed.

Defendants escorted by the Correctional Services Department leave the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on June 10. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman feared reporting teacher over assaults would harm him

Alleged offences took place between November 2019 and June 2024, when former student was aged between 14 and 19 years old.

Schoolteacher Cheng Hon-sze attends the trial at Tsuen Wan Court on Thursday. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong

7 people, 2 firms face manslaughter, other charges over deadly Hong Kong fire

7 held roles in Wang Fuk Court’s renovation, with charges also filed against consultant Will Power Architects and contractor Prestige Construction and Engineering.

videocam
Hong Kong

Teacher gets good behaviour bond after slapping 13-year-old son in Hong Kong

Son alerted his school after being slapped at home, with mother admitting to acting ‘on impulse’.

14
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement