https://www.scmp.com/rss/320727/feed Christy Leung is a senior reporter and has written about crime and security-related stories for the Post's Hong Kong desk since 2015. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Media Communication and German Studies, Christy began her journalism career in 2010 by working for Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin before joining Asia Television as a news anchor and reporter. Her work has been recognised in the WAN-IFRA Asia Media Awards 2016 and the Newspaper Society’s 2020 Hong Kong News Award. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Christy Leung,Jess Ma Christy Leung,Jess Ma The new chief of Hong Kong’s anti-graft agency has said his decades of experience in fighting corruption in the city’s prisons will help him lead the 1,400-member commission to safeguard the rule of law and national security. Former head of correctional services Danny Woo Ying-ming, 56, took on his new role on July 1 after he was appointed by Beijing as the commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), succeeding Simon Peh Yun-lu who had held the position since... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3184497/new-chief-hong-kongs-anti-graft-agency-says-decade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3184497/new-chief-hong-kongs-anti-graft-agency-says-decade?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:17 +0000 An unprecedented security blanket involving elite bodyguards, a 50-strong motorcade, ballistic briefcases and machine guns has been thrown around Hong Kong for President Xi Jinping’s visit for the 25th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule, the Post has learned. Security was raised to the maximum when Xi, 69, and his wife Peng Liyuan, 59, arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday for the two-day trip to mark the handover anniversary as authorities mobilised all law enforcement agencies to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3183726/ballistic-briefcases-machine-guns-and-bulletproof-sedan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3183726/ballistic-briefcases-machine-guns-and-bulletproof-sedan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:26:26 +0000 A HK Express flight made an emergency landing at the Hong Kong International Airport after smoke was reported in the cockpit, the airline said on Monday. The Airbus A320-271N aircraft left Taipei at 1.50pm for Hong Kong, and was carrying 47 passengers and seven crew members. The flight was operated by HK Express, a low-cost carrier under the Cathay Pacific Group. In a statement issued the same day, the airline said: “HK Express confirms flight UO111 from Taipei made an emergency landing into... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3183203/hk-express-flight-lands-hong-kong-airport-smoke?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3183203/hk-express-flight-lands-hong-kong-airport-smoke?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:25:22 +0000 Hong Kong national security police have arrested two more people suspected to be linked to possible bomb plots foiled by officers last month when they seized about 30kg of chemicals that could be used to make explosives. The previous case, in which three suspects were held, had prompted the force to look into whether events to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty on July 1 were among targets of possible attacks. Police’s national security department on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3183064/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-2-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3183064/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-2-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jun 2022 10:04:51 +0000 Hong Kong lawmakers and business leaders have suggested reducing the hotel quarantine period for inbound travellers from seven to three days after incoming leader John Lee Ka-chiu proposed several interim measures for reopening the city’s borders. One business leader on Thursday also called for the gradual resumption of exchanges with mainland China, starting with several cities based in the south. The remarks came after Lee said he was considering several options for opening up Hong Kong in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3182851/hong-kong-lawmakers-business-leaders-suggest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3182851/hong-kong-lawmakers-business-leaders-suggest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:58:15 +0000 Hong Kong police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee was still a young inspector back in 1992 when one day he quickly put on a bulletproof vest and fetched his gun to go and deal with an armed robbery. The then 25-year-old had no idea the Police Tactical Unit was about to go after the “king of thieves” Yip Kai-foon, who was firing an AK-47 assault rifle in the streets of Sham Shui Po in broad daylight. “I was called to the scene to handle an armed robbery. I didn’t feel any fear or know which criminals... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3182216/shoot-outs-hong-kong-streets-online-scams-raking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3182216/shoot-outs-hong-kong-streets-online-scams-raking?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Jun 2022 00:30:18 +0000 Hong Kong’s finance chief on Saturday warned people against falling for a suspected phishing scam after his image was used in online advertisements to lure victims to a cryptocurrency trading platform. The incident prompted Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po to make a report to police – the most senior official to have asked the force for a follow-up investigation into such scams. The online articles had embedded a picture of Chan and included content purported to be interviews with him... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3181354/hong-kongs-finance-chief-warns-against-suspected?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3181354/hong-kongs-finance-chief-warns-against-suspected?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jun 2022 14:54:39 +0000 “Furious” police top brass will spare no effort to track down gangsters who used a handgun and machetes in a predawn skirmish near a popular Hong Kong entertainment district, a force insider has revealed. A senior officer told the Post that police would raid several triad-controlled entertainment venues and gambling dens across Hong Kong Island on Friday night in a show of force against the gangs involved in the incident, in which two shots were fired and three men injured near Lan Kwai... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3181133/two-shots-fired-gang-clash-hong-kongs-lan-kwai-fong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3181133/two-shots-fired-gang-clash-hong-kongs-lan-kwai-fong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jun 2022 02:29:28 +0000 Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department will mobilise 2,000 additional officers to handle a possible sixth wave of Covid-19 infections in a bid to ease the manpower strain faced by its paramedics during an outbreak earlier this year. Director of Fire Services Andy Yeung Yan-kin said his 10,000-strong force, including some 6,000 firefighters and 3,000 paramedics, had faced unprecedented challenges when Hong Kong was hit by a fifth Covid-19 wave earlier this year, with the caseload reaching 58,757 on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180927/hong-kongs-fire-services-department-readies-2000?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180927/hong-kongs-fire-services-department-readies-2000?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:00:29 +0000 Hong Kong’s counterterrorism unit is set to launch a hotline on Wednesday for people to report suspicious activities and will pay cash rewards for useful tips. The 6366 6999 hotline will support SMS and WeChat reporting features in the first stage but officers will not pick up incoming calls, according to Senior Superintendent Peter Leung Wai-ki, head of the Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU), which was set up in 2018 and comprises members from six disciplined services. Leung said... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180593/hong-kong-counterterrorism-unit-set-launch-hotline-tip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180593/hong-kong-counterterrorism-unit-set-launch-hotline-tip?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:30:21 +0000 Hong Kong police will throw an unprecedented security blanket around the city during the 25th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule, with all officers to be mobilised, including elite squads, to safeguard the potential visit by the state leader and his entourage, the force’s chief has said. Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force Raymond Siu Chak-yee told the Post on Monday that security was more challenging this year because of the rise of local terrorism. He added that preparations were... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180650/hong-kong-police-mobilise-all-officers-possible-state?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180650/hong-kong-police-mobilise-all-officers-possible-state?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:32 +0000 Hong Kong’s police chief has warned people not to watch or download a film about the city’s 2019 anti-government protests if they are unsure about the potential legal risks posed by the Beijing-legislated national security law. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee told the Post in an interview on Monday that his officers had watched the documentary, Revolution of Our Times, when it first appeared on the American streaming platform Vimeo on June 1. The title of the 2½-hour documentary uses... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180645/hong-kong-police-chief-warns-viewers-avoid-documentary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3180645/hong-kong-police-chief-warns-viewers-avoid-documentary?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:00:20 +0000 Police are investigating whether radicals had planned to launch an attack in Hong Kong after seizing a high-powered submachine gun and 50 rounds of ammunition during a raid on a subdivided flat in a HK$3.6 million drugs bust. Revealing case details a day after the operation, the force on Wednesday said they seized a Skorpion vz. 61 Czechoslovak machine pistol, which was was equipped with a sound suppressor, an extendable gunstock and a magazine. The weapon was not loaded and the 50 bullets were... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179981/hong-kong-police-seize-submachine-gun-ammunition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179981/hong-kong-police-seize-submachine-gun-ammunition?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jun 2022 06:01:37 +0000 Hong Kong police are investigating the death of a young girl who drowned in the swimming pool of an upscale residential building in West Kowloon on Saturday evening. According to a police spokeswoman, two girls, both aged under 10, were found unconscious while swimming in the clubhouse of the Harbourside on Austin Road West at 8.29pm. Staff in the building called police. “Both girls were unconscious when first responders arrived. They were rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment but one... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179562/hong-kong-police-probe-suspected-drowning-after-womans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179562/hong-kong-police-probe-suspected-drowning-after-womans?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 May 2022 12:24:18 +0000 Police have arrested an off-duty officer for drink-driving after he allegedly hit a pedestrian in Hong Kong’s Cheung Sha Wan district with his Tesla in an early morning accident. The black Tesla rammed into a bakery after the 26-year-old driver lost control of the vehicle at the junction of Cheung Wah Street and Un Chau Street around 4am on Saturday, police said. The electric car allegedly hit the pedestrian and a rubbish bin first. 3 Hong Kong police officers suspended from duty following... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179561/duty-hong-kong-police-officer-arrested-drink-driving?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179561/duty-hong-kong-police-officer-arrested-drink-driving?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 May 2022 12:19:10 +0000 Hong Kong police on Saturday arrested a sixth suspect in connection with a murder case in which a 46-year-old man was hacked to death and his girlfriend beaten unconscious in a gambling den in the space of a minute the previous day. Revealing case details, the force said officers arrested a 34-year-old man in Mong Kok at around 8pm on Saturday as he was suspected to have attacked the victims. Superintendent Alan Chung said the two victims arrived at an illegal gambling den in a Portland Street... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179396/man-murdered-woman-beaten-hong-kong-police-citywide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179396/man-murdered-woman-beaten-hong-kong-police-citywide?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 May 2022 05:19:23 +0000 Six new anti-riot armoured vehicles from mainland China are set to hit the roads in Hong Kong next month ahead of the 25th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule on July 1. The bullet-and-explosion-proof model, dubbed “Saber-toothed tiger”, is used by mainland police. The six new vehicles would replace the existing three armoured trucks that had been in service since 2009, police said on Wednesday, adding they had been planning for the procurement since 2018. The current three... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179149/6-new-anti-riot-armoured-vehicles-hit-hong-kong-roads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179149/6-new-anti-riot-armoured-vehicles-hit-hong-kong-roads?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 May 2022 12:12:39 +0000 Hong Kong police are investigating whether events to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty on July 1 are among targets of possible bomb plots after arresting three people and seizing about 30kg (70lbs) of chemicals that could be used to make explosives. A 31-year-old computer technician and his parents, aged 60 and 63, were arrested in their public housing flat in Wong Tai Sin in which one of the bedrooms was converted into a mini laboratory. The force said... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179021/hong-kong-police-probe-whether-25th-handover?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3179021/hong-kong-police-probe-whether-25th-handover?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 May 2022 15:27:33 +0000 Retired Catholic leader Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and five others will appear before a Hong Kong court on Tuesday to answer charges of failing to register a now-defunct fund that provided financial assistance to protesters facing legal troubles stemming from the 2019 social unrest. The 90-year-old former bishop, four other trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund and its secretary will stand before West Kowloon Court at 10.30am after police served them with summonses. Officers from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178841/retired-catholic-leader-joseph-zen-5-others-appear?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178841/retired-catholic-leader-joseph-zen-5-others-appear?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 May 2022 12:05:13 +0000 Refusing to arrest a suspect because of his religion or role in the church goes against the principles of justice preached by the Vatican, Hong Kong’s security minister has said in response to criticism over the arrest of a Catholic cardinal. National security police earlier this month arrested 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four others over their roles in the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, drawing concern from the Vatican, which said it was following the situation with... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178705/hong-kong-security-minister-says-failure-take?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178705/hong-kong-security-minister-says-failure-take?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 May 2022 01:00:25 +0000 Protecting the Chinese state leader and his entourage from terrorist attacks and Covid-19 infection are among the challenges law enforcement agencies will face during the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover, the security minister has revealed. Hong Kong would mobilise all law enforcement agencies for the July 1 handover commemoration, which coincided with the swearing-in of John Lee Ka-chiu as the new chief executive, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said in a wide-ranging... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178696/hong-kong-ramp-security-handover-anniversary-guard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178696/hong-kong-ramp-security-handover-anniversary-guard?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:22 +0000 Nearly 40 per cent of Hong Kong secondary school students were exposed to unwanted online sexual content or requests, a survey has found, prompting calls for new regulatory bodies on children’s online safety. Save the Children Hong Kong on Tuesday released the results of the survey, which polled 1,347 young people aged between eight and 17 during the 2020-2021 academic year. Among the 1,097 secondary pupils who responded, 40 per cent claimed they had encountered at least one incident of unwanted... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178121/nearly-40-cent-hong-kong-secondary-school-students?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3178121/nearly-40-cent-hong-kong-secondary-school-students?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 May 2022 14:45:03 +0000 Hong Kong police have broken up a loan scam syndicate responsible for swindling seven victims out of more than HK$1.9 million (US$242,050), arresting 22 people in a two-day operation. Officers from the force’s commercial crime bureau on Thursday and Friday raided various locations, including a call centre in Kwai Chung and two financial intermediaries in Mong Kok, rounding up a total of 17 men and five women. Investigations showed that scammers would make cold calls to people claiming to be... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177778/hong-kong-police-break-loan-scam-syndicate-conned-hk19?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177778/hong-kong-police-break-loan-scam-syndicate-conned-hk19?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 May 2022 11:02:58 +0000 Hong Kong health authorities are investigating a case of rat hepatitis E virus involving a 55-year-old man who was infected by an undetermined source. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) revealed on Friday that the patient, who lives in Tai Po, was already receiving treatment at Prince of Wales Hospital for underlying illnesses when medical workers discovered he had deranged liver function. The man’s blood sample tested positive for the virus strain but he remains in stable condition. He did... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3177719/health-authorities-probe-case-rat-hepatitis-e?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3177719/health-authorities-probe-case-rat-hepatitis-e?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 May 2022 14:23:19 +0000 Hong Kong’s national security police have lodged a complaint against lawyers from at least three law firms, accusing them of taking fees from a legal defence fund for protesters despite claims their services were offered pro bono, the Post has learned. The revelation came as national security officers arrested all five trustees of the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund over the past three days for colluding with foreign forces. The fund, set up to help those involved in the anti-government... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177540/hong-kong-national-security-police-lodge-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177540/hong-kong-national-security-police-lodge-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 May 2022 14:31:42 +0000 Online booking services for Hong Kong’s public recreation and sports venues will open 15 minutes earlier than counters and kiosks from Monday to combat touts, the government has said. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced three measures on Wednesday as part of the second round of anti-touting measures launched by the authority in a month. In an effort to curb “queuing gangs” – people hired to line up outside venues late at night – the department said customers who used its... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3177363/authorities-open-online-booking-15-minutes-earlier-counters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3177363/authorities-open-online-booking-15-minutes-earlier-counters?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 May 2022 11:51:40 +0000 Hong Kong’s national security police arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, former opposition lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee and singer Denise Ho Wan-sze on Wednesday, accusing the three opposition activists of colluding with foreign forces, according to sources. The three were trustees of the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which was set up to help those involved in the anti-government protests of 2019 and came under the intense scrutiny of authorities over the past year. Zen, 90, was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177350/ex-scholar-tied-fund-protesters-arrested-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177350/ex-scholar-tied-fund-protesters-arrested-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 May 2022 10:41:58 +0000 Hong Kong’s coroner has urged authorities to issue licences to mini-storage premises to ensure compliance with fire safety rules after he returned a verdict of death by misadventure for two firefighters who died after battling an inferno at an industrial building nearly six years ago. Coroner Philip Wong Wai-kuen on Tuesday ruled that poor communication within the fire service and a lack of fire safety awareness among those operating and managing storage cubicles contributed to the fatal blaze... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177234/coroner-urges-authorities-license-hong-kongs-mini?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3177234/coroner-urges-authorities-license-hong-kongs-mini?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 May 2022 14:09:23 +0000 Hong Kong police made their first arrests under a law banning the sale of electronic cigarettes after two men were allegedly caught with the items on Wednesday. The suspects, aged 28 and 31, remained in custody as of Thursday. They were being held on suspicion of selling and possessing a poison in Part 1 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations, as well as selling alternative smoking products. The law, which came into effect on Saturday, bans the import, sale and manufacture of electronic... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176654/hong-kong-police-make-first-arrests-under-law-banning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176654/hong-kong-police-make-first-arrests-under-law-banning?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 May 2022 10:54:44 +0000 A cyberattack on a Hong Kong news agency last month led to the unauthorised access of information on 3,700 subscribers. FactWire on Wednesday said its website and internal system had been hacked recently. While staff were trying to fix the security breach, the agency discovered its newsletter delivery operations had also been attacked on April 13. The information accessed include the email addresses of more than 3,700 subscribers registered from July 2017 to January 2021, and the names of about... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176541/cyberattack-hong-kong-news-agency-factwire-leads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176541/cyberattack-hong-kong-news-agency-factwire-leads?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 May 2022 14:45:06 +0000 Christy Leung Christy Leung Hong Kong’s anti-graft agency will deploy more than 80 officers to monitor the vote for the chief executive on Sunday and ensure the event goes smoothly. Simon Peh Yun-lu, head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), on Wednesday said that several on-duty personnel would be sent to the election venue at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. “The ICAC has also offered publicity and education services to the candidate, election helpers and members of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176522/hong-kong-chief-executive-election-2022-anti-graft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176522/hong-kong-chief-executive-election-2022-anti-graft?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 May 2022 12:36:48 +0000 Hong Kong police are investigating the death of a decorating firm director after his body was discovered with a “10cm cut wound to the neck” in his own shop on Tuesday. Emergency personnel arrived at the store on Cross Street in Wan Chai shortly before 4.30pm after receiving a call from the man’s business partner. “The man was found lying unconscious in the shop with a 10cm cut wound to the neck,” a police spokesman said. The force said the 58-year-old man, surnamed Tsui, was certified dead at... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176400/hong-kong-police-investigate-death-decoration-firm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3176400/hong-kong-police-investigate-death-decoration-firm?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 May 2022 12:18:24 +0000 Police have arrested two men on suspicion of posting online messages inciting others to cause grievous bodily harm, with the intended target Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, according to a government source. The two suspects, a 32-year-old funeral services worker and a 61-year-old retiree, were detained on Wednesday in Ma On Shan and on Lamma Island, respectively, the force said on Thursday. Chief Inspector Tai Tsz-bun from the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175876/2-men-arrested-allegedly-calling-others-attack-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175876/2-men-arrested-allegedly-calling-others-attack-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:48:00 +0000 A Hong Kong watchdog has called on the Water Supplies Department (WSD) to speed up renovations for frequently rupturing saltwater mains after a report found more than a dozen such projects had yet to be completed after an average delay of 4½ years. According to the report by the Audit Commission on Wednesday, the department had previously identified 44 “hotspots” where saltwater mains had frequently burst and needed to be renovated. A hotspot refers to a location where at least two ruptures have... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3175725/audit-commission-calls-speedier-repairs-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3175725/audit-commission-calls-speedier-repairs-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:09:09 +0000 Tears still well up in the eyes of outgoing deputy police chief Oscar Kwok Yam-shu when he recalls how an arrest operation turned into a tragedy 25 years ago. Two officers had arrived at a suspect’s home and before he was taken away, the man said he wanted to fetch a jacket. He then suddenly leapt out of the window in front of his wife and their young daughter. “It was an unnecessary tragedy,” the 56-year-old Kwok said, choking back his emotions in an interview with the Post. He was a chief... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175567/police-work-mission-not-job-outgoing-hong-kong-deputy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175567/police-work-mission-not-job-outgoing-hong-kong-deputy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:00:30 +0000 Police officers outshone bureaucrats and won Beijing’s trust to take on Hong Kong’s top jobs after they showcased their qualities and overcame difficult circumstances during the social unrest of 2019, according to the force’s outgoing deputy chief. In an interview with the Post, Oscar Kwok Yam-shu also rejected critics’ accusations that Hong Kong was being turned into a police state, with former No 2 official John Lee Ka-chiu, who rose through the force’s ranks before being appointed a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175571/hong-kong-police-officers-won-beijings-trust-lead-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175571/hong-kong-police-officers-won-beijings-trust-lead-city?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Apr 2022 23:00:20 +0000 Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) has suspended its annual Human Rights Press Awards, citing legal concerns. In a statement sent to members on Monday, club president Keith Richburg said the FCC board had reached the “tough decision” to cancel the accolades pending further review after a “lengthy discussion” on Saturday. “Over the last two years, journalists in Hong Kong have been operating under new ‘red lines’ on what is and is not permissible, but there remain significant areas of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3175476/hong-kongs-foreign-correspondents-club-cancels-annual-human?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3175476/hong-kongs-foreign-correspondents-club-cancels-annual-human?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:33:33 +0000 A search is under way for a female passenger involved in a 20km car chase with Hong Kong police, during which an officer was forced to draw his gun to stop the vehicle from speeding past him. The 29-year old male driver tested positive for methamphetamine, commonly known as Ice, in a drug test. He was arrested over at least five offences, including drug-impaired driving and furious driving, after the chase ended when he crashed his car in Sai Kung on Friday night. Officers are looking into the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175302/search-under-way-female-passenger-involved-20km-car?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175302/search-under-way-female-passenger-involved-20km-car?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Apr 2022 12:04:39 +0000 A 22-year-old man was in police custody on Friday after being arrested with a stash of illegal drugs at a public housing estate in Hong Kong. The arrest followed a series of law enforcement operations to clamp down on cannabis, with officers detaining 41 suspects and seizing about HK$1.96 million (US$249,853) worth of the substance from April 11 to 20. The man was intercepted outside his car at Pak Tin Estate off Nam Cheong Street in Sham Shui Po at about 10pm on Thursday. “Officers seized... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175151/man-detained-suspicion-drug-trafficking-after-police?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3175151/man-detained-suspicion-drug-trafficking-after-police?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Apr 2022 05:40:33 +0000 Hikers flocking to Hong Kong’s popular outdoor trails are unprepared and unaware of hazards as they venture in search of selfies, resulting in unnecessary tragedies, mountaineer Chung Kin-man has told the Post. His warning came as a hiker died on Friday after falling into the sea at Cape D’Aguilar Marine Reserve on Hong Kong Island’s southeastern tip. A preliminary police investigation showed that the man was taking photos when he was swept into the water by a large wave. Another man died and a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3174437/hong-kong-hiking-tragedies-veteran-climber-warns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3174437/hong-kong-hiking-tragedies-veteran-climber-warns?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:00:26 +0000 Police have arrested 15 people for illegal activities involving digital consumption vouchers issued by the Hong Kong government. The 11 men and four women, aged between 20 and 66, were arrested for deception, fraud or theft at different junctures since July 2021, when the government first disbursed vouchers amounting to HK$5,000 to eligible residents under the Consumption Voucher Scheme. Four of them were recently accused of attempting to offer cash in exchange for the vouchers, but at a lower... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3174037/hong-kong-police-arrest-15-illicit-transactions-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3174037/hong-kong-police-arrest-15-illicit-transactions-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:24:10 +0000 Christy Leung Christy Leung Hong Kong’s graft-buster has charged a construction worker and a domestic helper with fraud after they allegedly forged Covid-19 inoculation records with the help of a nurse working at a community vaccination centre, taking the number of suspects in the case to seven. Liu Kwok-hung, 67, and Mary Ann Villeza Marcelo, 39, were jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud the Department of Health, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) revealed on Tuesday. The ICAC last week charged... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3174016/coronavirus-hong-kong-graft-buster-charges-2-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3174016/coronavirus-hong-kong-graft-buster-charges-2-more?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:03:49 +0000 Five men who were arrested for playing mahjong in an MTR train last October in Hong Kong have been fined HK$1,000 each for causing nuisance and violating by-laws. The defendants, aged between 20 and 27, were convicted by the Kowloon City Court on Monday for committing an act of nuisance in a public place. Four of them were also found guilty of using Octopus cards for the elderly to pay fares, while the remaining person was convicted of bringing oversized luggage, namely the mahjong table, into... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173897/5-hongkongers-fined-hk1000-each-playing-mahjong-mtr?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173897/5-hongkongers-fined-hk1000-each-playing-mahjong-mtr?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:12:17 +0000 Hong Kong customs is tracking a drug syndicate behind two shipments of methamphetamine from Mexico that officers seized last month in a record haul worth about HK$400 million (US$51 million). The Customs and Excise Department revealed on Sunday that one of the shipments arrived in Hong Kong on March 18 with a local logistic company acting as a consignee. Customs Drug Investigation Bureau chief Lee Kam-wing said the shipment contained three electric transformers. Finding it suspicious,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173733/hong-kong-customs-hunt-drug-syndicate-behind-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173733/hong-kong-customs-hunt-drug-syndicate-behind-record?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Apr 2022 04:18:18 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a couple after discovering HK$36 million (US$4.6 million) in suspected drugs in their rented flat, including sheets soaked with what officers believe is liquid cocaine. Acting on intelligence, officers picked up the 26-year-old man and 31-year-old woman on Tin Tei Yan Road and raided their flat in Tuen Mun on Friday. They found four packs of suspected ketamine, weighing 2.5kg each, and three bags of suspected methamphetamine, weighing 51kg in total. “We also found... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173693/hong-kong-couple-arrested-after-police-raid-flat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173693/hong-kong-couple-arrested-after-police-raid-flat?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:19:58 +0000 Christy Leung Christy Leung Hong Kong’s graft buster has prosecuted a nurse working at a community vaccination centre and four of her friends for allegedly forging Covid-19 vaccination records. The five suspects were released on bail after the arrests on Friday, and will stand before Kwun Tong Court next Tuesday for a plea deal. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) accused the group of falsifying records by pretending they had been inoculated with a BioNTech vaccine at Kowloon Bay Sports Centre operated by... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173614/hong-kongs-graft-buster-prosecutes-nurse-and-4-others?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3173614/hong-kongs-graft-buster-prosecutes-nurse-and-4-others?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:00:52 +0000 Two people suffered burns and another two were injured jumping from a sixth-floor window after a blaze broke out in a Hong Kong residential building on Friday morning. The fire started at 7.35am in a 172 sq ft subdivided flat on the sixth floor of the Sing On Building on Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei. A 34-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman who lived in the unit suffered burns to their backs before being rescued by firefighters. According to the Fire Services Department, another couple who lived... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172710/2-suffer-burns-2-jump-sixth-floor-window-after-fire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172710/2-suffer-burns-2-jump-sixth-floor-window-after-fire?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Apr 2022 05:01:56 +0000 A woman dating the son of retired Hong Kong judge Woo Kwok-hing has denied allegations that she was assaulted by her boyfriend in an incident that left her with injuries, saying in a social media post that she had actually lost her footing and fallen over while drunk. Natalie Cheung, who is also the ex-wife of actor Marco Ngai Chun-kit and was known as Zhang Lihua before she changed her name, posted the statement online two days after Woo’s 42-year-old son, Alan Woo, was arrested in the couple’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172569/girlfriend-retired-hong-kong-judge-woo-kwok-hings-son?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172569/girlfriend-retired-hong-kong-judge-woo-kwok-hings-son?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:11:58 +0000 Four one-time leaders of what was formerly the city’s biggest opposition-leaning trade union have been taken in for questioning by national security police after the disbanded group was accused of breaching a law governing the registration of local organisations. The four members of the Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), which folded in October, had failed to respond to a series of questions issued by the National Security Department last month regarding the organisation’s operations and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172499/former-confederation-trade-unions-leaders-brought?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172499/former-confederation-trade-unions-leaders-brought?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:00:11 +0000 Hong Kong police have relaxed an entry requirement for recruits by lifting a rule on a seven-year stay in the city, in a bid to attract permanent residents in mainland China or abroad to apply. The force, however, is enhancing integrity management and also announced on Wednesday that all applicants must undergo urine tests for drugs. Currently, any candidate who wants to join police must be a Hong Kong permanent resident who has lived in the city for at least seven years. The change will take... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172429/we-want-you-hong-kong-police-lift-rule-requiring-7?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3172429/we-want-you-hong-kong-police-lift-rule-requiring-7?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:30:14 +0000