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Police recorded 31,571 technology crime cases in 2025, a category covering a range of online crimes such as scams and hacking. Photo: Getty Images
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong tech crimes are dropping. So why is hacking becoming more lucrative?

Senior police officer says hacking and ransomware cases can ‘cause serious impact on organisations affected’.

Hong Kong courts

Ex-HKUST professor guilty of taking HK$40,000 to secure student’s admission

Hong Kong courts

Helper molested 10-year-old girl while waking her up, Hong Kong court hears

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after crash kills woman, badly injures another

Taxi veered onto pedestrian walkway at about 1.50pm on Choi Ha Road near Chun Wah Road before crashing into planter in nearby sitting area.

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The taxi mounted the pavement in Ngau Tau Kok, killing one pedestrian and seriously injuring another. Photo: Edmond So
The taxi mounted the pavement in Ngau Tau Kok, killing one pedestrian and seriously injuring another. Photo: Edmond So
Crime in Hong Kong

3 arrested over links to money laundering, untaxed cigarettes syndicate

Months-long operation leads to discovery of 2.2 million untaxed cigarettes and HK$11.3 million in alleged criminal proceeds.

Hong Kong society

Man dies after suspected fall from Hong Kong’s Spiral Lookout Tower

Passer-by discovers man lying near the base of 32-metre tower, with victim later pronounced dead at Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital.

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Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 women after sewage-soaked puppy found in bin, put down

Golden Retriever pup, suffering from terminal canine distemper, found in rubbish bin drenched in sewage and chilli oil.

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The three-month-old Golden Retriever was suffering from terminal canine distemper and was euthanised. Photo: Facebook/ SPCA
The three-month-old Golden Retriever was suffering from terminal canine distemper and was euthanised. Photo: Facebook/ SPCA
Hong Kong courts

Debt-ridden Hongkonger pleads guilty to attempted murder of family in flat

Wong Pak-ting, 45, tried to kill wife, three daughters and himself out of fear they would be harrassed for his business debts, Hong Kong court hears.

Crime in Hong Kong

Data of 72,571 Hongkongers leaked in Canvas hack, police receive 2 reports so far

Breach is part of wider global data leak that has affected universities and schools worldwide, with estimated 9,000 institutions impacted.

Hong Kong courts

Community service for pair in their 60s who had sex at Hong Kong pier

Saleswoman, sailor given 80 hours of community work for public indecency after being caught on video committing sexual acts at Cheung Chau pier.

An aerial view of Cheung Chau pier and Tung Wan beach at Cheung Chau island. Photo: James Wendlinger
Hong Kong courts

Couple who took children storm chasing during typhoon spared criminal sentence

Court imposes three-year, HK$2,000 bind-over on joint charge of child neglect after they took their kids, aged 5 and 9, to see waves during storm.

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The Eastern Court building in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: Eugene Lee
The Eastern Court building in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong rugby player denies molesting woman at bar, but admits vandalism

Faizal Solomona pleads guilty to damaging door bolt at Central police station, but denies groping woman at Wyndham Street bar last year.

Crime in Hong Kong

Ex-owner of bankrupt bakery dies after chasing thief and falling off building

Former owner of Hoixe Cake Shop runs after thief at industrial building in Kwun Tong and falls onto air-conditioning pipes on facade.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 drivers over alleged truck racing viral video

Dashcam footage shows two trucks cutting lanes amid incessant honking in tunnel believed to be Central Kowloon Bypass.

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Two trucks were seen driving at high speed in the footage believed to be the Central Kowloon Bypass. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman arrested over smuggling 7 animals at border checkpoint

Woman had chinchilla, mouse, hamster, three guinea pigs and sugar glider hidden in paper bags.

One of the guinea pigs seized by Hong Kong customs. Photo: Handout
One of the guinea pigs seized by Hong Kong customs. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong-UK spying row

Diplomatic row over Hong Kong-linked spying convictions in UK heats up

Beijing disputes UK’s version of diplomatic meeting as ambassador warns of ‘firm countermeasures’ over ‘political manipulation’.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Bar Association proposes ‘double-track’ approach to criminalising bid-rigging

Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet says implementing ‘criminal track’ alongside ‘civil track’ to encourage whistle-blowing will increase deterrence.

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Crime in Hong Kong

3 convicted in Hong Kong’s largest football match-fixing scandal in years

Two players and betting agent found guilty of bribing footballers to rig match results across city’s top two leagues between 2021 and 2023.

Footballer Luciano Silva da Silva arrives at the West Kowloon court for a match-fixing case. Photo: Edmond So
Footballer Luciano Silva da Silva arrives at the West Kowloon court for a match-fixing case. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Australian remanded on fresh eat-and-run charges in Hong Kong after earlier fine

Samuel Monkivitch allegedly fled four other restaurants without paying bills totalling more than HK$2,000 and destroyed electronic property.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong-based mediation body resolves international maritime dispute

International Organisation for Mediation hails dispute resolution between parties from mainland China and Singapore as milestone.

Hong Kong courts

Court overturns murder conviction of man who killed girlfriend, orders retrial

Court of Appeal rules in favour of Law Wai-man, saying trial judge had not properly directed jury to fully consider his violent personality traits.

Police escort the murder suspect to Po Lam Estate for investigation in March 2019. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Alleged Gundam figurine thief injured after jumping from building in Hong Kong

Police say the man, aged 40, was linked to the theft of 10 boxes of Gundam models from a building in To Kwa Wan.

Police cordon off the scene of the accident. Photo: Handout
Police cordon off the scene of the accident. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Police investigate alleged indecent assault of boy, 4, at international school

International Montessori School says currently there is no evidence to suggest risk to other students or involvement of member of school community.

Hong Kong courts

Australian lawyer fined for fleeing restaurant, massage parlour without paying

Samuel Anthony Monkivitch, 50, pleads guilty in Hong Kong court to two counts of making off without payment and one of common assault.

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Hong Kong society

Death of elderly pair in Sau Mau Ping flat deemed murder-suicide, police say

Man, 77, who killed his ex-wife before hanging himself, reportedly felt ‘hopeless’ after separation and anguished by son’s suicide in 2018.

The elderly pair were found dead at a flat in Po Tat Estate on Wednesday. Photo: Jelly Tse
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