Witness

13 Jul 2011

Ex-barrister Stanley Ma Ho-fai yesterday lost his appeal against a conviction for stealing a lacy, red-and-white bra from a laundry rack.

Ma, 44, who was a lawyer at the time of...

2:39PM

The jury is out on Chief Witness

2 Mar 2009

The most famous silks in the history of Hong Kong racing saluted yesterday and, while Chief Witness may fall some way short of the legendary Silent Witness standards, this win may be a portent of...

12:13PM

Truck driver guilty in death of woman

2 Aug 2007

An experienced truck driver who ran over an elderly woman while reversing in a narrow lane in Sheung Wan was found guilty yesterday of dangerous driving causing death.

Sentencing for...

4:00PM

Witness ready for Sprint battle

26 Feb 2006

A lot of water has passed under the bridge since Silent Witness last raced in Hong Kong, including two trips to Japan and the onset of a mystery virus that saw his Hong Kong Sprint plans aborted...

9:41AM

Customs elite risk wrath of triads

2 Oct 2005

Thirty elite customs officers risk making themselves targets for contract killers and triads by joining a new Customs and Excise Department's witness protection team.

2:44AM

Star Witness

1 Apr 2000

Prime Witness, shown scoring a facile win over course and distance last start, can repeat the feat in today's finale.

10:55AM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Top One suspect asked triad to chop witness, court told

A Top One karaoke firebomb suspect tried to have one of the witnesses against him chopped to keep him from testifying, a court heard yesterday.

9:25AM

Witness protection outlined

People threatened by triad retribution would have to pay back-taxes and clear debts before being given the benefit of the police witness protection scheme under proposed legislation.

2:00AM

Memory loss blamed on cash fear

WITNESSES in commercial dispute cases claim memory loss because they fear their businesses will suffer, legislators said.

1:55AM

Managing witnesses

THE pursuit of justice can be fraught with difficulties. Even the best constructed prosecutions depend on witnesses being prepared to testify to the same facts in court as they have previously set...

12:58AM

Suspect 'injures witness'

POLICE are hunting a defendant in a wounding case who allegedly intimidated, injured and robbed a witness during a gambling session yesterday.

The accused, 23, met the witness, 26,...

12:35PM

Protection laws needed

RADICAL new laws will be needed to allow crime witnesses under serious threat of retaliation to change identities, one of the key aspects of the Government's new protection policy.

9:40AM