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Screengrab of a press conference by police’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau about the recent fraud crackdown. Photo: RTHK
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 5 over stealing HK$1.8 million from eMPF account holders

Scammers impersonate pension account holders to withdraw funds, prompting managing body to suspend digital verification process.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court orders trial to compensate dancer paralysed in Mirror show

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs arrests 2 party room operators over suspected pirated songs

SCMP Highlights

China’s heat pump tech, Tokyo clarifies Taiwan stance: SCMP’s 7 highlights

From Hong Kong Jimmy Lai’s trial verdict to China’s high-altitude tank threat, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Excavators unload coal in Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province. Photo: AFP
Excavators unload coal in Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province. Photo: AFP
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong taxi driver, 62, arrested over fatally knocking down pedestrian

Police say taxi was travelling along Caine Road when it hit 68-year-old woman, who sustained multiple injuries and later died in hospital.

Jimmy Lai trial

Beijing, Hong Kong slam G7 over criticism of Jimmy Lai trial verdict

Chinese ministry’s arm in Hong Kong says attempts to pressure nation akin to ‘mantis trying to stop a chariot or ant trying to shake a tree’.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong Bar Association backs making bid-rigging a crime after deadly fire

Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet also says association will propose that key construction safety guidelines become legally binding.

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Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet (fourth from left), with the delegation in Beijing. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet (fourth from left), with the delegation in Beijing. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Wall Street Journal accuses Hong Kong union head of abusing legal process

Lawyers for US newspaper claim ex-employee Selina Cheng is taking legal action only after her ‘extortionate’ demand for HK$3 million was rejected.

Crime in Hong Kong

1 arrested after currency exchange staff robbed of 1 billion yen in Hong Kong

Four knife-wielding men stole Japanese currency worth nearly HK$50 million before fleeing scene, police say.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong fire: chairman, former head of Wang Fuk Court owners’ group arrested

Post learns pair arrested by ICAC as part of investigation into renovation works linked to the city’s deadliest fires in decades.

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Last month’s fire at Wang Fuk Court killed at least 160 people. Photo: Eugene Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police probing HK$88,000 in burned banknotes seen falling from building

Scorched banknotes reportedly rained down from Lei Yue Mun Estate block and scattered across the estate.

Kwun Tong district councillor Jack Cheung speaks to a police officer at the scene. Photo: Chueng Ki-tang
Kwun Tong district councillor Jack Cheung speaks to a police officer at the scene. Photo: Chueng Ki-tang
Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong bans Kiwi Chow’s new film Deadline over national security concerns

Kiwi Chow, director of Revolution of Our Times and Ten Years, calls ban on Deadline ‘painful and unfair’.

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Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong man arrested after car hits 94-year-old pedestrian, who later dies

Elderly man dies in hospital on Wednesday morning after sustaining multiple injuries as police call for witnesses.

Jimmy Lai trial

Open court, detailed ruling in Lai trial ‘prove Hong Kong rule of law strong’

Lawyers urge members of public to study the court’s judgment before drawing conclusions after Western countries hit out at Lai verdict.

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Jimmy Lai’s national security trial ran for 156 days. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong engineer gets 5 years over HK$6 million laundering and bribery offences

High Court jails former civil servant for laundering millions and taking bribe to help friend’s engineering firms win government tenders.

The High Court sentenced Zsa Sing-tak to five years and three months for corruption offences involving money laundering and bribery. Photo: Sun Yeung
The High Court sentenced Zsa Sing-tak to five years and three months for corruption offences involving money laundering and bribery. Photo: Sun Yeung
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs seizes HK$256 million of suspected cocaine hidden in ship hull

Underwater robots help detect 417kg of suspected cocaine wrapped in 11 waterproof packages concealed behind grate of sea chest.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly driving school bus under influence of drugs

Police say 23-year-old driver failed a rapid drug test after reportedly driving erratically in Kai Tak with a pupil on board.

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Jimmy Lai trial

‘Don’t be misled,’ Beijing tells foreign media in Hong Kong after Lai verdict

Commissioner’s office also writes to The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, condemning their editorials on verdict.

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Jimmy Lai (pictured here in April 2020) was found guilty on all three conspiracy charges in his national security trial on Monday. Photo: Edmond So
Jimmy Lai (pictured here in April 2020) was found guilty on all three conspiracy charges in his national security trial on Monday. Photo: Edmond So
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong court’s verdict in Jimmy Lai trial sheds light on law, experts say

Judges stress that Lai’s actions before enactment of national security law were not the subject of any charges, serving only as background.

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Hong Kong national security law

Jimmy Lai trial: Post sketches offer public a glimpse of courtroom moments

Illustrations by Post senior designer Victor Sanjinez captured some of the drama inside the court as Jimmy Lai’s trial progressed.

Jimmy Lai trial

Court finds Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai guilty after landmark national security trial

Lai, 78, was mastermind behind three conspiracies to instigate international sanctions against Hong Kong and mainland China, judges find.

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In this courtroom sketch, Jimmy Lai sits flanked by prison guards on Monday. Illustration: Victor Sanjinez
Jimmy Lai trial

Jimmy Lai’s conviction in Hong Kong becomes flashpoint between China, West

Western nations unlikely to hit city with more sanctions as they need Beijing’s cooperation to offset unfair US trade practices, experts say.

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The ruling could send Jimmy Lai to jail for life. Photo: AP
The ruling could send Jimmy Lai to jail for life. Photo: AP
Jimmy Lai trial

Jimmy Lai’s ‘rabid hatred’ of party led him down ‘thorny path’: Hong Kong court

Judges find former media boss guilty of national security offences, dismissing his ‘inconsistent, contradictory and unreliable’ testimony.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai used personal ties to seek foreign sanctions: court ruling

Former media boss tapped into vast political network for intervention against Beijing and Hong Kong, according to 857-page judgment.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong barrister granted temporary anonymity in molestation case

Court approves 32-year-old defendant’s request to hide his name to protect alleged victim’s identity.

The Eastern Court building in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: SCMP
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