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A former official of the Dutch consulate in Hong Kong faces a court in The Hague on charges of passing secrets to a couple in Germany who were working as Russian spies. Raymond Poeteray is said to have passed secrets to Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag for a number of years beginning in 2005, when he was working at the Hong Kong mission. Poeteray denied spying and money-laundering charges at a hearing last year.

The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia come to the Hong Kong Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui, with the launch of an exhibition featuring some 170 artefacts from the collection of the British Museum. Mesopotamia, literally "Land Between the Rivers", includes modern Iraq as well as parts of Syria and Turkey. The exhibition covers significant episodes of Mesopotamian history from 3,500BC to 529BC, including the rise of the city of Babylon. The exhibition runs until May 13.