Nepali workers badly hurt in worksite accident
Two Nepali labourers were fighting for their lives in hospital last night and two of their colleagues were in critical condition after a metal structure they were dismantling collapsed on them on Stonecutters Island yesterday. The four men were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital after the accident in Container Port Road South just before 11am. Last night two of the four men, aged 31 and 39, were in critical condition and the other two men, aged 28 and 34, were in serious condition. Police said the Labour Department was investigating the accident.
Passengers rob cabbie of cash and cell phone
A taxi driver was robbed of $1,900 and a mobile phone after he was threatened at knifepoint and tied up by two passengers in North Point. The 40-year-old man's taxi was flagged down by the two men in Lai Tak Tsuen Road, Causeway Bay, just after 3.30am. When it reached Yee King Road, one of the men threatened him with a knife. The robbers, thought to be aged about 20, tied up the driver with adhesive tape and fled. The victim later managed to free himself.
Mainlanders detained after Stun gun seized
Four mainlanders holding two-way permits were being held for questioning last night after police seized a stun gun in a Shamshuipo flat. Officers from Kowloon West raided the apartment in Nam Cheong Street just after 11pm on Monday and arrested two men and two women, aged between 33 and 52. Police said the stun gun was believed to have been smuggled into Hong Kong from the mainland.