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Under Section 13 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, a person who provides unlawful drilling can face seven years in jail, and those who undergo the drills could also be subject to three years’ imprisonment. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong national security police arrest 9 over military-style combat drills

Arrests first under domestic national security law, with some suspects allegedly gathering at scene of Tai Po fire.

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Hong Kong courts

Hongkonger remanded after ‘impersonating fire victim, claiming HK$18,000 in aid’

Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong court to deliver verdict in Jimmy Lai national security trial on Monday

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong vocal coach found guilty of molesting 7 male students during lessons

Former singing show contestant Drawson Lam Chun-yat convicted of assaulting students in his three classrooms between 2018 and 2023.

Vocal instructor Drawson Lam leaves District Court after being convicted of molesting seven male students. Photo: Brian Wong
Vocal instructor Drawson Lam leaves District Court after being convicted of molesting seven male students. Photo: Brian Wong
Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong police arrest man over trying to open plane door on Cathay flight

Police officers board aircraft after it safely landed at Hong Kong airport, arrest man for allegedly violating Aviation Security Ordinance.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hospital Authority reports alleged fake device certificate to Hong Kong police

Certificate submitted by subcontractor Novox not issued by mainland Chinese lab Guangdong Zhongzhenhang Metrology Testing Co Ltd as claimed.

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Hong Kong politics

Bar Association is first Hong Kong delegation to visit Beijing after fire, poll

15-member delegation expected to hold meetings with Basic Law Committee, Ministry of Justice and Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office.

Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet will lead the annual visit for the first time since being elected in January. Photo: Edmond So
Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet will lead the annual visit for the first time since being elected in January. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong man held for posing as victim to claim HK$20,000 in fire relief aid

Suspect, 36, allegedly used stolen ID details to get a certificate and cheat welfare organisations out of aid for victims of Tai Po inferno.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong police officer found guilty of forging statements to close 10 cases

Wong Yiu-chung, 34, convicted of forgery and misconduct after using fake statements, hiding facts from victims and misleading his superiors.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong tram driver faces jail over crash that killed girl, 3

Li Yaodong, 50, found guilty of careless driving when tram struck the girl, her sister, grandfather and family helper as they crossed street.

The tram knocked down the girl, her six-year-old sister, their grandfather and the family’s domestic helper outside Kennedy Town Swimming Pool. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Commentator remanded over ‘seditious’ posts, including about Hong Kong fire

Wong Kwok-ngon is first person to be prosecuted over comments made after Wang Fuk Court tragedy.

A Hong Kong court has remanded a news commentator in custody for allegedly violating the domestic national security law. Photo: AP
A Hong Kong court has remanded a news commentator in custody for allegedly violating the domestic national security law. Photo: AP
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Probe into allegedly fake mesh certificates widened to 6 Hong Kong estates

Earlier discovery of fake documents at two estates after Tai Po inferno prompted authorities to order removal of mesh at 200 sites last week.

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong national security law provision used for first time to make arrest

Police say suspect was invited to assist investigation and revealed details in YouTube video next day, with source naming individual as Wong Kwok-ngon.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 over possession of suspected dangerous drugs

Man, 55, and woman, 49, stopped in Cheung Sha Wan with officers seizing cartridges and packets of suspected etomidate and methamphetamine.

A government advertisement warning about the dangers of the drug previously named the drug “space oil” and renamed as etomidate. Photo: May Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man after Legco election posters vandalised

Five posters related to Sunday’s poll allegedly destroyed on Mei Tin Road in Tai Wai, according to force.

A poster for the 2025 Legislative Council election is displayed in To Kwa Wan. Photo: Jelly Tse
A poster for the 2025 Legislative Council election is displayed in To Kwa Wan. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung accuses former agent of HK$8.8 million fraud

Actress accuses Samuel Yu of undue pressure, contract forgery and making false representations in dispute over promise to appear in films.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong lawyer who had sex with girl, 12, jailed for 3 years, 7 months

Court rejects claim by Kelvin Luk, 40, that he was in a serious and genuinely loving relationship with the 12-year-old.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s connectivity, talent can foster legal cooperation: minister, expert

City’s views on transnational laws are influential, expert says, as representatives from over 25 jurisdictions meet at Hong Kong Legal Week forum.

Professor Ignacio Tirado, secretary general of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, delivers a speech during Hong Kong Legal Week. Photo: Handout
Professor Ignacio Tirado, secretary general of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, delivers a speech during Hong Kong Legal Week. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Digging through Hong Kong’s disaster site left them wanting to cry

Head of Disaster Victim Identification Unit describes difficult conditions team faced in search for bodies at Wang Fuk Court after inferno.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Beijing slams ‘external hostile forces’ for exploiting deadly fire in Hong Kong

Office for Safeguarding National Security condemns ‘small clique of external hostile forces’ for ‘stirring up trouble and taking advantage of the chaos’.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court postpones inquest verdict on 2012 Lamma Island ferry crash

Court has already twice postponed ruling for inquest into collision between Lamma IV ferry and Sea Smooth catamaran.

The collision involved the Lamma IV ferry and the Sea Smooth catamaran. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

No tolerance for sabotage of Hong Kong fire relief efforts, John Lee warns

City leader issues warning following arrests for allegedly seditious remarks related to last week’s deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po.

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Supplies are donated to affected residents following the fire. Photo: Eugene Lee
Supplies are donated to affected residents following the fire. Photo: Eugene Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man facing murder charge after wife found with knife wounds, burns

Fire put out in Tuen Mun flat, with police arresting man, 51, on suspicion of murdering wife, 50.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

1 building to open briefly at Hong Kong fire-hit estate as death toll hits 156

Wang Chi House residents will be allowed to return home to retrieve valuables and personal belongings on a one-off visit.

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Hong Kong courts

Retired Hong Kong star tutor ‘K Kwong’ avoids jail sentence over upskirt video

Kenneth Kwong, 64, placed on one-year probation after pleading guilty to unlawful recording of a woman on an escalator at Tai Wai station.

Kenneth Kwong Si-san, 64, was placed on probation for a year. Photo: Handout
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