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

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 verification process.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong taxi driver, 62, arrested over fatally knocking down pedestrian

Crime in Hong Kong

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

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Crime in Hong Kong

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.

A school bus driver was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong police deployed to Tai Po fire site show resilience: psychologist

Frontline officers are coping emotionally, despite inevitable triggers and strains of investigating catastrophic Wang Fuk Court blaze.

Crime in Hong Kong

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.

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Accidents and personal safety

12 injured in traffic accident involving Hong Kong taxi, 2 minibuses

Video clips posted online show one minibus colliding with taxi in front, before being struck from behind by second minibus.

One of the two minibuses involved in Sunday’s accident. Photo: Handout
Crime in 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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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’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Editorial | Mental health support essential for all of society after Tai Po fire tragedy

With time, meaningful comfort and social connections will help frontline survivors and the city as a whole recover and find a path forward.

People embrace each other after identifying deceased relatives at Kwong Fuk Community Hall on November 27, after the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police officer dies a week after falling ill following diving test

Senior inspector, 31, underwent emergency brain surgery and remained in a critical condition until his death.

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’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong considers designated labs to test scaffolding nets after deadly blaze

Stricter checks to be imposed on materials sampled on site amid concern over allegedly falsified safety documents.

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Hong Kong authorities will announce new requirements for contractors to sample and certify the city’s scaffolding nets as early as Thursday, the Post has learned.Photo: Karma Lo
Crime in Hong Kong

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
Crime in Hong Kong

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.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong police officer in critical condition after ‘Flying Tigers’ diving test

Shortly after completing dive, officer, 31, lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital for emergency brain surgery.

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Hong Kong

Video | ‘Some bodies have turned into ash’

At least 151 people had been confirmed dead as of December 1, five days after the blaze in Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Substandard netting used on Hong Kong blaze buildings; death toll at 151

Chief Secretary Eric Chan says ‘cunning methods’ were used on the Tai Po site.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong fire disaster brings victim ID unit’s grim task back into focus

Officers from the police force’s Disaster Victim Identification Unit have been deployed at the scene of Tai Po blaze.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong police search for missing elderly man, 87, with dementia

Leung Woon-yew was last seen at around 11am on Sunday in Shan King Estate, police say.

Leung Woon-yew was last seen at around 11am on Sunday in Shan King Estate, police say. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong steps up voter turnout efforts with video targeting minority residents

Indonesian-Chinese bomb disposal chief Raymond Suryanto joins officials in launching bilingual appeals to boost voter turnout on December 7.

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Raymond Suryanto, a senior officer with the explosive ordnance disposal bureau, has urged Indonesian residents in the city to vote in the Legco election. Photo: May Tse
Accidents and personal safety

8-year-old disabled boy dies after being found unconscious in Hong Kong flat

16-year-old sister finds boy unconscious in Sha Tin flat, hours after being given Chinese medicine and prescription drugs to ease fever.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man over stealing credit cards on flight from Abu Dhabi

Source says man, 52, arrested at Hong Kong International Airport after two passengers filed reports with authorities.

Crime in Hong Kong

2 arrested as Hong Kong police reclassify scaffolding accident as manslaughter

Foreman Lai Cheuk-yuen, 48, and worker Fong Man-hung, 58, taken into custody over incident in Kai Tak that killed two workers last February.

The scene of the fatal incident last February, where the collapse of scaffolding led to the deaths of two female workers. Photo: Sam Tsang
Crime in Hong Kong

3 men linked to fatal attack on suspected triad member sent back to Hong Kong

Trio earlier handed over by mainland police, bringing number of arrests over Sha Tin knife attack to 10.

One of the suspects is brought to Fo Tan for a reconstruction of the crime in a previous arrangement. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court rejects officer’s bid to suspend prosecution in cabby’s death

Constable Lam Wai-wing asked court to restrain Department of Justice from taking any further steps in his prosecution pending outcome of judicial review.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 15 in crackdown on HK$1.1 billion laundering operation

Police say suspected ringleader is linked to Sun Yee On triad group, with HK$24.7 million in cash, assets discovered in raid on his home.

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