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Sat 12

Snack Attack At 3am, police receive a report of a suspicious break-in at a primary school in Sham Shui Po. Police officers arrive to find a 34-year-old man hiding in a security booth, eating a bowl of steamed rice rolls. Police officers verbally warn the man, but when he refuses to cooperate they subdue him with pepper spray. As he is taken away in an ambulance he repeatedly asks officers if he is disfigured and if pepper spray is a deadly weapon.

Sun 13

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Nailed It A group of Baptist University students order a KFC fried chicken delivery to their school. When it arrives, once student finds a 2.5-inch iron nail sticking out of his piece of chicken. The students take a photo of their discovery and complain to KFC. A spokesperson for the fast food chain expresses their concern and the company sends 12 egg tarts to the group in compensation.

Mon 14

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Pervy Pic A male Baptist University student is arrested for allegedly taking photographs of a fellow male schoolmate in the toilet. He is charged with accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest intent. The victim, a 21-year-old, was in one of the toilet stalls when he heard a shutter sound coming from above him. He found that someone from the next stall was taking pictures of him with a phone, but had forgotten to turn off the sound effect.

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