Crimes

Cousin of Bank of East Asia chairman in Hong Kong guilty of HK$10m fraud

25 Sep 2012

A cousin of Bank of East Asia chairman David Li Kwok-po was convicted of fraud yesterday for scheming to get a former girlfriend and her mother to put millions of dollars in a bogus investment...

Under China's watch, Macau won't return to 'gangsters' paradise'

27 Aug 2012

Three murders, hammer-wielding heavies, and a high-profile police swoop have raised concerns that Macau, the world's casino capital, may be backsliding to the bad old days of the late-1990s. And...

Job killings becoming rarer, despite latest events

25 Aug 2012

HACKENSACK, N.J. — On Friday morning, Jeffrey Johnson, who lost his job as a clothing designer a year ago, shot and killed Steven Ercolino, the vice president of the women's apparel company where...

Drive for housing should never falter

30 Jul 2012

A lull in the public controversy about illegal structures does not mean the issue has gone away. Now is a timely opportunity for reflection.

'Ludicrous' laws fail trafficking victims

29 Jul 2012

Hong Kong's 'ludicrous' and 'inept' human-trafficking laws are punishing victims of the crime rather than those who bring them to the city, a leading human rights solicitor says.

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Increase in MTR thieves 'fishing' for smartphones

Pickpockets are using earphone cords as 'fishing lines' to steal smartphones in crowded MTR carriages and stations, police warned. And indecent assaults and covert photography on trains are also...

The children's champion

Even before moving to Thailand, Malina Zlatkova Enlund had heard stories about children being subjected to sexual abuse and then sold to human trafficking rings in Southeast Asia.

Women warned after rape and sexual assault

Police have warned women to be alert and stepped up patrols in Mong Kok after a rape and a sexual assault were carried out within 500 metres of each other early yesterday.

Boys 9, 10, sought by police over extortion

Police are looking for two primary school pupils who are accused of extorting HK$1,500 from an eight-year-old schoolmate who stole from his grandmother to pay them.

HK laws 'fail to combat human trafficking'

A US State Department report has delivered a scathing assessment of Hong Kong's laws against human trafficking, comparing the city's record on combating the problem to that of Cambodia, the...

Rape victims' parents seek justice on web

Government apathy and a local media blackout in a case involving a teacher who allegedly raped at least eight primary-school girls have forced parents in the northwestern province of Gansu to seek...