https://www.scmp.com/rss/324982/feed Latest news, analysis and opinion on the Hong Kong police force, including crime, justice and protests. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Danny Mok Danny Mok A couple in their late eighties have been found dead in a To Kwa Wan flat, prompting Hong Kong police to launch an investigation. A security guard at Lok Seen Lau, a residential block in Lok Man Sun Chuen estate on Kau Pui Lung Road, reported a strange smell coming from the flat at around 4.15pm. Firefighters forced entry into the flat and discovered the couple, an 89-year-old man and his 87-year-old wife, lying unresponsive on a bed. Both were certified dead at the scene. Officers are... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3352397/hong-kong-police-launch-investigation-after-elderly-couple-found-dead-flat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3352397/hong-kong-police-launch-investigation-after-elderly-couple-found-dead-flat?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 May 2026 12:41:54 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Hong Kong police are searching for a man suspected of causing criminal damage to the sign outside the United States consulate in Central. Police received a report at around 2.40pm on Sunday from consulate staff that the sign on the exterior wall of the premises on Garden Road showed signs of tampering. Officers at the scene discovered the first “S” in the “States” had been partially dislodged from the wall. The rest of the sign was undamaged. Authorities are searching for a man in connection... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352281/hong-kong-police-hunt-man-over-damage-us-consulate-sign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352281/hong-kong-police-hunt-man-over-damage-us-consulate-sign?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 May 2026 11:58:11 +0000 Edith Lin Edith Lin Hong Kong authorities are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out in a residential flat, after a man died when he fell from the building and an elderly woman was overcome due to heavy smoke. Police received a report of the fire on Friday at around 7pm at a flat in Royal Garden, Ho Man Tin. Firefighters arrived at the scene, used a ladder to access the flat, and put out the blaze about 30 minutes later. During the incident, a man fell from the sixth floor of the building onto a car park,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352183/hong-kong-police-investigate-suspicious-fire-after-man-dies-fall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352183/hong-kong-police-investigate-suspicious-fire-after-man-dies-fall?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 2026 13:31:14 +0000 Edith Lin Edith Lin Hong Kong police have arrested a taxi driver for dangerous driving on the first of the five-day mainland Chinese Labour Day “golden week” holiday, after he was caught reaching speeds of 160km/h (99.4mph) and completing a 42km ride in just half an hour. Police took enforcement action against the 31-year-old driver on Friday after intelligence officers found the arrestee, who mainly drives around Sai Kung, had frequently uploaded videos of dangerous driving online. “Officers went undercover as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352170/hong-kong-taxi-driver-arrested-dangerous-driving-hitting-speeds-160km/h?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352170/hong-kong-taxi-driver-arrested-dangerous-driving-hitting-speeds-160km/h?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 2026 11:46:35 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft Hong Kong police have arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly trafficking in more than HK$800,000 (US$102,110) of suspected heroin. The force said on Friday that officers from the Tuen Mun district anti-triad unit were conducting an operation at around 9.50am the day before, when they found a man acting suspiciously outside a flat on Yan Po Road. After stopping the man for questioning, officers found about 300 grams (10.6oz) of suspected heroin in a reusable bag he was carrying. They also found... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352154/man-arrested-hong-kong-after-police-seized-hk800000-worth-suspected-heroin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3352154/man-arrested-hong-kong-after-police-seized-hk800000-worth-suspected-heroin?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 2026 09:41:19 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Hong Kong’s Law Society has ordered the closure of a solicitors’ firm under investigation for its alleged role in a series of “crash-for-cash” scams in the city. The society’s council announced on Wednesday it would intervene in the practice of Raymond Lam & Associates, which will cease operations with immediate effect. The council also appointed Robertsons, another local law firm, as the intervention agent to handle matters pertaining to the closure. In a statement, the society said it found... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351885/hong-kong-law-society-closes-firm-linked-crash-cash-scams?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351885/hong-kong-law-society-closes-firm-linked-crash-cash-scams?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:56:09 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Hong Kong police have arrested a domestic helper on suspicion of child abuse after she allegedly put two young boys inside a dog cage in a Tsing Yi flat. Police said they received a report at 1.34pm on Tuesday from the 26-year-old mother of the boys, aged two and three, who alleged that her helper had confined them in a cage at a flat in the Grand Horizon estate on two occasions in February. A police source said the mother twice discovered through her mobile phone’s security camera feed that the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351754/helper-arrested-hong-kong-allegedly-putting-2-young-boys-dog-cage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351754/helper-arrested-hong-kong-allegedly-putting-2-young-boys-dog-cage?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:12:18 +0000 Edmund Lee Edmund Lee Hailed as a triumphant reinvigoration of the Hong Kong police thriller, the star-studded 2012 film Cold War revolves around a high-stakes power struggle within the upper echelons of the city’s police force. Winner of nine prizes at the 2013 Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA), the action blockbuster notably aligned itself with an institutional slogan of pride: “Hong Kong is Asia’s safest city.” Yet just 14 years after its release, the cinematic landscape – much like the city itself – has drastically... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3351683/how-hong-kong-crime-films-have-evolved-national-security-law-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3351683/how-hong-kong-crime-films-have-evolved-national-security-law-era?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:25:03 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged a police superintendent over allegedly accepting a HK$1 million (US$127,599) bribe from a businessman, disclosing internal information and arranging for his younger brother to act as a scapegoat in speeding cases. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Tuesday revealed the charges against Leung Ka-man, 52, as well as his girlfriend and younger brother. According to the commission, Leung faces four charges: conspiracy for a public... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351723/hong-kongs-icac-charges-police-superintendent-over-hk1-million-bribe-misconduct?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351723/hong-kongs-icac-charges-police-superintendent-over-hk1-million-bribe-misconduct?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:09:07 +0000 Oscar Liu Oscar Liu Hong Kong police have arrested two tourists after an alleged violent fight in a serviced apartment that left both with facial injuries. A source said on Tuesday that the force was alerted to the incident at K11 Artus at 11.47pm the previous day, after an argument over “trivial matters” between a Malaysian man and a mainland Chinese woman spiralled into a physical brawl. The pair were visiting Hong Kong for sightseeing and met while shopping at K11 Musea early on Monday, according to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351633/2-tourists-arrested-after-hotpot-night-turns-violent-hong-kong-serviced-apartment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351633/2-tourists-arrested-after-hotpot-night-turns-violent-hong-kong-serviced-apartment?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:48:56 +0000 Matthew Cheng Matthew Cheng Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has defended its decision to appoint singer Hins Cheung as a mentor in a “rehabilitation project” for youngsters arrested during the 2019 protests, saying it welcomes individuals from all backgrounds to share positive life experiences following criticism from internet users in mainland China. The project, which has been running for two years, aims to support the rehabilitation of about 7,000 people arrested during the social unrest but not prosecuted. “[Activities]... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351603/bureau-defends-hins-cheung-mentor-role-after-mainland-china-online-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351603/bureau-defends-hins-cheung-mentor-role-after-mainland-china-online-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:40:26 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Hong Kong police have arrested two men in connection with a series of thefts targeting homeless people in Yau Tsim Mong district that involved about HK$142,000 (US$18,100) worth of stolen property. Inspector Frankie Chiu of the district said on Saturday that police had begun to notice a rise in such thefts from early April and had launched an investigation. “Through in-depth investigation, intelligence analysis and extensive review of CCTV, including cameras under the ‘SmartView’ scheme, we... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351430/hong-kong-police-arrest-2-men-over-thefts-targeting-homeless-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351430/hong-kong-police-arrest-2-men-over-thefts-targeting-homeless-people?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:04:17 +0000 Oscar Liu Oscar Liu Hong Kong police have arrested nine people over their alleged involvement in a travel insurance fraud syndicate that staged overseas accidents to claim more than HK$1.7 million (US$217,053). The force said on Thursday it had received a report from the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers in October concerning suspicious travel insurance claims, ranging from “a few thousand to tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars”. “Police analysed more than 70 suspicious claim cases and discovered that these... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351121/hong-kong-police-arrest-9-over-hk17-million-fake-travel-insurance-claims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3351121/hong-kong-police-arrest-9-over-hk17-million-fake-travel-insurance-claims?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:36:02 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Fraudsters have duped students studying abroad out of up to HK$1.5 million (US$191,531) each by accusing them of money laundering and luring them to Hong Kong to buy gold for bogus law-enforcement investigations, prompting a police warning. At least nine victims aged between 19 and 26, who are studying in the United Kingdom, Australia and other countries, have recently fallen prey to such cross-border impersonation scams, according to Hong Kong police. “Their losses ranged from HK$740,000 to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350861/scammers-trick-overseas-students-out-gold-fake-money-laundering-probes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350861/scammers-trick-overseas-students-out-gold-fake-money-laundering-probes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:30:13 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Hong Kong police have arrested a 16-year-old garage worker for allegedly driving without a licence after he lost control of a Tesla car and crashed into a parked vehicle, pushing the latter through a property agency’s storefront and leaving an employee injured. The force said on Monday that the teenager was believed to have been trying to drive the electric car out of the garage on Luk Mei Tsuen Road when he lost control and struck a seven-seater parked nearby. The boy had reportedly only... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350778/teen-driving-tesla-arrested-after-knocking-second-vehicle-through-storefront?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350778/teen-driving-tesla-arrested-after-knocking-second-vehicle-through-storefront?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:01:16 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Hong Kong police have deployed drones for the first time to combat illegal street gambling operations, arresting eight suspects over the past two weeks. The eight suspects – seven men and a woman, aged between 53 and 76 – were arrested in Chung On Estate, police said on Sunday. Officers seized HK$420 (US$54) in cash and gambling equipment. The arrests followed a joint operation, codenamed JusticePeak, conducted between April 5 and 18 by officers from the Sha Tin and Ma On Shan police divisions... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3350620/hong-kong-police-use-drones-first-time-tackle-illicit-street-gambling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3350620/hong-kong-police-use-drones-first-time-tackle-illicit-street-gambling?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:54:29 +0000 Edith Lin Edith Lin Fourteen people were injured after a minibus crashed into a heavy goods vehicle, Hong Kong police said on Saturday. The driver reported to police at about 9.30pm that the minibus had hit a heavy goods vehicle in Tsing Yi and that some passengers had been injured. The crash happened near Ching Chung House at Cheung Ching Estate. Emergency services found 14 people injured on the minibus. Two of them, who sustained minor injuries, subsequently left the scene. The remaining four men and eight women... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3350595/14-hurt-after-minibus-slams-back-goods-vehicle-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3350595/14-hurt-after-minibus-slams-back-goods-vehicle-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:10:04 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Hong Kong’s food hygiene authorities have deployed drones to help dismantle an illegal slaughterhouse in Yuen Long, arresting its 67-year-old operator and seizing 7.4kg of goat meat and offal with an estimated market value of HK$3,000 (US$380). Acting on a tip-off earlier this week, officers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department identified a suspicious farm in Kam Tin, Yuen Long. The unlicensed premises were allegedly used to keep and slaughter goats, with the meat to be sold in Kam... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350471/hong-kong-authorities-use-drones-help-raid-illegal-slaughterhouse-yuen-long?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350471/hong-kong-authorities-use-drones-help-raid-illegal-slaughterhouse-yuen-long?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:10:53 +0000 Ng Kang-chung,Jeffie Lam Ng Kang-chung,Jeffie Lam Hong Kong police have arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of snatching two commuters’ phones just as train doors were closing at separate MTR stations during rush hour. Police said on Friday that both thefts took place within 10 minutes of each other at two nearby stations. The first report came from a woman, aged 48, at around 8.15pm on Thursday, who told officers that her phone was grabbed by a man at Lai King station. About 10 minutes later, another woman reported that a man had also... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350393/hong-kong-police-hunt-suspect-over-phones-snatched-mtr-stations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350393/hong-kong-police-hunt-suspect-over-phones-snatched-mtr-stations?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:11:29 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Hong Kong police have arrested five people accused of stealing more than 445 items of clothing worth HK$113,000 (US$14,400) from multiple outlets of Japanese retail chain Muji. Officers from Yau Tsim police district said they had received a string of shoplifting reports since earlier this year that involved large quantities of apparel taken from a retail chain, with a source naming the business as Muji. The Japanese retail chain is known for its minimalist “no-brand quality goods”... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350348/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-over-shoplifting-syndicate-targeting-muji-stores?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350348/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-over-shoplifting-syndicate-targeting-muji-stores?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:22:57 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma Nearly 1,800 young Hongkongers convicted of protest and national security-related offences have taken part in a rehabilitation programme, authorities have said, including 99 per cent of those found guilty over the 2019 unrest, up from 63 per cent in 2021. Responding to a question from lawmaker Chan Hok-fung, the Security Bureau said that 1,768 inmates had taken part in Project PATH as of the end of February. “According to observations and assessments made by correctional officers, Project PATH... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350265/hong-kong-reports-99-participation-young-2019-protest-convicts-rehab-project?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350265/hong-kong-reports-99-participation-young-2019-protest-convicts-rehab-project?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:50:45 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Hong Kong police intercepted a Maserati on a busy street in Mong Kok on Wednesday and arrested two people in connection with a suspected money laundering case, the South China Morning Post has learned. A man and a woman in their twenties, their faces concealed by black hoods, were seen standing beside the luxury sports car as officers from the New Territories North regional headquarters searched the vehicle on Sai Yeung Choi Street South outside the Pakpolee Commercial Centre in the afternoon,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350207/hong-kong-police-intercept-maserati-arrest-2-over-suspected-money-laundering?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350207/hong-kong-police-intercept-maserati-arrest-2-over-suspected-money-laundering?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:01:27 +0000 Brian Wong,Leopold Chen Brian Wong,Leopold Chen A Hong Kong fire services official has defended a decision to decline mainland Chinese firefighters’ help in combating the city’s deadliest inferno in decades, citing concerns that they might have been unable to immediately adapt to the new environment and effectively communicate with their local counterparts. On the 12th day of a public evidential hearing on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Fire Officer Sunny Wong Sze-lut also justified the firefighting strategies during the blaze that raged for around... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3350191/hong-kong-official-defends-decision-decline-mainland-firefighters-help-tai-po-fire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3350191/hong-kong-official-defends-decision-decline-mainland-firefighters-help-tai-po-fire?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:16 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong The number of phishing scams in Hong Kong fell by more than half last year but total losses suffered by victims doubled to HK$110 million (US$14 million), police have said. The latest numbers were revealed as police warned that workers remained susceptible to such scams. A recent phishing simulation involving hundreds of organisations across the city found that more than one in eight employees taking part clicked on malicious email links and nearly half went on to submit personal data. Police... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349768/number-phishing-cases-drops-hong-kong-victims-lose-more-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349768/number-phishing-cases-drops-hong-kong-victims-lose-more-money?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:30:12 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Hong Kong police have arrested a 35-year-old domestic helper on suspicion of child abuse after she allegedly pulled a baby girl’s hair in a village house on Lantau Island. Officers said they received a report at noon on Sunday from the infant’s mother, who suspected the helper of mistreating the child at their home off Shek Mun Kap Road in Tung Chung. The baby had reddening on her head and was taken to North Lantau Hospital for treatment. Police said the 35-year-old Indonesian helper was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349803/helper-35-arrested-hong-kong-after-allegedly-pulling-babys-hair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349803/helper-35-arrested-hong-kong-after-allegedly-pulling-babys-hair?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:02:22 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun Hong Kong police are investigating after a pair of Gucci shoes worth HK$11,000 (US$1,404) were stolen from a restroom at Times Square in Causeway Bay, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source said on Saturday that the victim, 48, had bought the shoes from the Gucci store on the second floor of the shopping centre before heading to the restroom on the third floor. She left the shoes behind, and when she returned, she found the shoebox, but the footwear was missing, the source... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349754/gucci-shoes-worth-hk11000-stolen-shopping-centre-restroom-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349754/gucci-shoes-worth-hk11000-stolen-shopping-centre-restroom-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:52:22 +0000 Edith Lin,Lo Hoi-ying Edith Lin,Lo Hoi-ying Hong Kong police have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of robbing HK$35,000 (US$4,469) from a bank with an air gun and a hammer before escaping on a bicycle, with officers apprehending him and recovering the money in 90 minutes. The force received a report at 12.26pm on Friday that the Bank of East Asia branch in Harbour View Centre in Wan Chai had been robbed. Lam Kin-tat, assistant commander of crime of Wan Chai district, said the suspect claimed to be unemployed and was a Chinese man... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349618/hong-kong-police-hunt-man-who-robbed-bank-wan-chai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349618/hong-kong-police-hunt-man-who-robbed-bank-wan-chai?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:00:32 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Hong Kong police have arrested an employee of a systems maintenance contractor hired by the Hospital Authority on suspicion of stealing the personal data of more than 56,000 patients and 1,000 staff members. The arrest of a 30-year-old local man came just days after the authority reported on Saturday a suspected data leak involving patients in the Kowloon East group of hospitals on a third‑party platform, with police and the privacy watchdog investigating. Police revealed on Wednesday that more... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349378/police-arrest-man-suspicion-stealing-personal-data-56000-patients?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349378/police-arrest-man-suspicion-stealing-personal-data-56000-patients?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:57:48 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun Hong Kong police have charged a 70-year-old man with dangerous driving, after viral footage allegedly shows him going the wrong way on a highway in a black Mercedes-Benz before making a U-turn. Police said on Tuesday that officers noticed online footage showing a private car with a probationary sign driving the wrong way down a hard shoulder of Tolo Highway. In the clip, the black Mercedes then makes a U-turn before veering into the offside lane. The New Territories North traffic investigation... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349253/probationary-driver-70-charged-over-going-wrong-way-hong-kong-highway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349253/probationary-driver-70-charged-over-going-wrong-way-hong-kong-highway?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:44:40 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun Hong Kong police have arrested a 31-year-old taxi driver who demanded a “highway toll” of about HK$85 (US$11) from officers posing as passengers during a crackdown on illegal behaviour. The force said on Tuesday that officers conducted an operation to crack down on taxi violations on Lantau Island the previous day. Officers posing as passengers took a taxi from Hong Kong Disneyland Resort to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge checkpoint. When they arrived, the driver demanded about HK$85 as a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349219/taxi-driver-arrested-demanding-hk85-highway-toll-undercover-officers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349219/taxi-driver-arrested-demanding-hk85-highway-toll-undercover-officers?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:35:03 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo English-speaking con artists have targeted university students seeking summer internships, using a bogus 40-minute orientation session for one victim to make their dubious job offers appear genuine, Hong Kong police have warned. The force issued the alert after a 19-year-old first-year university student fell for a dubious job offer last month and lost nearly HK$190,000 (US$24,230), saying scammers had prepared detailed scripts to deceive her and conducted the fraudulent recruitment process in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349115/warning-issued-after-university-student-loses-hk190000-internship-scam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349115/warning-issued-after-university-student-loses-hk190000-internship-scam?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:16 +0000 Jeffie Lam Jeffie Lam Hong Kong police are on the hunt for two men who allegedly attacked a taxi driver with whom they had an argument in Yuen Long in the early hours of Friday. The force received a report from the 57-year-old victim at 2.50am. The cabby said he had asked the two men blocking his vehicle off at 3 Kau Yuk Road to move aside, but his plea triggered a quarrel and led to him being attacked by the pair. The two men, both described as non-ethnic Chinese, fled after the attack. Officers arriving at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348881/hong-kong-police-hunt-2-men-who-attacked-taxi-driver-after-quarrel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348881/hong-kong-police-hunt-2-men-who-attacked-taxi-driver-after-quarrel?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:17 +0000 Lo Hoi-ying Lo Hoi-ying An 89-year-old Hong Kong man has been rescued after he was discovered clinging to the exterior wall of a care home in To Kwa Wan following a fall from a second-floor window. Care home staff filed a report with police at around 8am on Thursday, stating the man was hanging off the building at the intersection of Lok Shan Road and Ma Tau Wai Road. The force said he fell from the window while trying to retrieve something and clung to a section of the wall near an air-conditioning unit. Firefighters... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3348755/hong-kong-man-89-rescued-after-being-found-clinging-care-home-exterior-wall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3348755/hong-kong-man-89-rescued-after-being-found-clinging-care-home-exterior-wall?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:07:08 +0000 Oscar Liu Oscar Liu A knife-wielding attacker with suspected mental illness who was shot twice by police in Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung has died after 10 days in hospital in a critical condition. The government on Tuesday confirmed the 43-year-old suspect, surnamed Chung, was pronounced dead at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung at 8.47pm on Monday. The incident occurred in the early hours of March 21 at the Kwai Chung section of Castle Peak Road, when three officers fired five rounds in total at the construction... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348463/knife-wielding-man-shot-hong-kong-police-dies-after-10-days-critical-condition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348463/knife-wielding-man-shot-hong-kong-police-dies-after-10-days-critical-condition?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:05:37 +0000 Fiona Chow Fiona Chow Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of dangerous driving in connection with an online video allegedly showing him allowing a child on his lap to steer a car on a busy road. The force said on Monday that it had tracked down the 22-year-old man believed to be the driver seen in the video that went viral a day earlier. The footage, published in a Tuen Mun community group on social media, shows the child sitting on the driver’s lap and steering the wheel for more than a minute as cars... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348368/man-arrested-after-viral-video-shows-child-steering-car-busy-hong-kong-road?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348368/man-arrested-after-viral-video-shows-child-steering-car-busy-hong-kong-road?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:51:42 +0000 Theodora Yu Theodora Yu A Hongkonger has been rescued from Myanmar and transferred to Thailand after being held captive and forced to do illegal work, in an ordeal he described as a “horror movie”. The Security Bureau on Saturday said its dedicated task force had earlier received a request for help from the 25-year-old man who was trapped in Myanmar. It then liaised with the Chinese embassies in Myanmar and Thailand, the city’s economic and trade office in Bangkok and Thai authorities to launch a joint operation. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3348261/horror-movie-hongkonger-rescued-after-forced-labour-ordeal-myanmar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3348261/horror-movie-hongkonger-rescued-after-forced-labour-ordeal-myanmar?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:55:41 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft Hong Kong police are searching for a driver who fled the scene after crashing a car into a barricade and hitting a bus on Saturday. The force said it received a report at about 9.20am that a car had crashed into a roadside railing along Pui To Road in Tuen Mun. During the incident the car also made contact with a bus that had stopped at a traffic light along the same road. The driver then got out of the vehicle and fled, police said, adding that no injuries were reported. It was not immediately... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348241/hong-kong-police-searching-driver-run-after-hitting-railing-and-bus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348241/hong-kong-police-searching-driver-run-after-hitting-railing-and-bus?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:32:03 +0000 Edith Lin Edith Lin Hong Kong police have charged another 10 people in connection with the HK$1.6 billion (US$205.8 million) JPEX cryptocurrency scandal – the city’s largest alleged financial fraud in recent years. Four men and six women were charged on Thursday after investigations identified abnormal transactions in suspicious accounts linked to the case, police said. The suspects, aged between 26 and 47, will appear in Eastern Court on Friday charged with money laundering and conspiracy to launder money. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348049/police-charge-another-10-people-over-hk16-billion-jpex-cryptocurrency-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348049/police-charge-another-10-people-over-hk16-billion-jpex-cryptocurrency-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:21:29 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma A man was killed after receiving an electric shock from a lamp post while wet following a visit to a beach on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, with staff at a nearby resort saying the light had not been checked for 10 years. Police received a report at 8.32pm on Wednesday that the man surnamed Chan, 57, had been left unconscious after touching a lamp post. “When the deceased tried to reach for some wild berries, his hand touched a lamp post next to the resort, and his body froze as if hit by an... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347943/man-dies-after-getting-electric-shock-lamp-post-near-lantau-beach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347943/man-dies-after-getting-electric-shock-lamp-post-near-lantau-beach?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:28:45 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Police have arrested a woman on suspicion of child abuse after she allegedly hit her 12-year-old son with a rattan cane in a Hong Kong flat. The police force said it received a report at 2.48pm on Saturday from a boy in Wong Tai Sin who complained he had been beaten by his mother. The boy, whose shoulder was red and swollen, was later taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment after police arrived at the public housing flat on Tsui Fung Street. Officers conducted an initial... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347446/mother-arrested-after-boy-12-told-police-she-beat-him-rattan-cane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347446/mother-arrested-after-boy-12-told-police-she-beat-him-rattan-cane?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:34:47 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Hong Kong police have arrested five people and recovered nearly HK$100 million (US$12.7 million) worth of gold stolen in a suspected deception case, in which a “buyer” allegedly worked for a group that seized the haul before fleeing. The incident took place at about 2.45pm on Friday at an office in Peninsula Square, a commercial building on Sung On Street in Hung Hom, where a staff member was conducting a gold handover to the “buyer”. The South China Morning Post earlier reported that the case... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347435/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-recover-nearly-hk100-million-stolen-gold-bars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347435/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-recover-nearly-hk100-million-stolen-gold-bars?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:39:19 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun Three Hong Kong police officers fired a total of five shots at a knife-wielding man suspected to have mental problems after he charged at them in the early hours of Saturday morning, hitting him twice. The assailant, a 43-year-old construction worker, was struck in the right chest and thigh, the force said. He was unconscious when sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, where he underwent surgery. He was in a critical condition as of 10am, according to authorities. Senior... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347403/police-officers-fire-5-shots-charging-assailant-carrying-serrated-knife-metal-rod?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347403/police-officers-fire-5-shots-charging-assailant-carrying-serrated-knife-metal-rod?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:41:17 +0000 Lo Hoi-ying Lo Hoi-ying Hong Kong police have arrested 13 people on suspicion of laundering more than HK$113 million (US$14.4 million) using the government’s “iAM Smart” app in scams run by a syndicate. The force said on Friday that nine men and four women, aged between 38 and 75, were suspected of using victims’ “iAM Smart” accounts to launder money through “mule” bank accounts. “The syndicate placed fake job advertisements in newspapers, claiming to be hiring cleaners,” said Wong Yuk-yan, acting superintendent from... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347332/13-arrested-hong-kong-over-hk113-million-iam-smart-laundering-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3347332/13-arrested-hong-kong-over-hk113-million-iam-smart-laundering-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:06:07 +0000 SCMP SCMP This article was first published on March 18, 2006 by Benjamin Wong and Clifford Lo Officers shot with stolen police gun An off-duty police­man shot two uni­formed con­stables, killing one of them, with a gun stolen from and used to kill an officer five years ago, police sources said yes­ter­day (March 17, 2006). The off-duty con­stable, Tsui Po-ko, 35, was also killed in the shootout in Tsim Sha Tsui in the early hours of yes­ter­day. Police sources said evid­ence at the scene sug­ges­ted that... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3346815/hong-kong-subway-shootout-2006-leaves-2-policemen-dead-scmp-archive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3346815/hong-kong-subway-shootout-2006-leaves-2-policemen-dead-scmp-archive?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:45:08 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A senior Hong Kong police officer has denied molesting a government clerk at the force’s headquarters more than a year ago. Senior Superintendent Ian Chow Ngai-kong, 50, on Monday stood trial at Eastern Court on three counts of indecent assault over the alleged incidents at police headquarters in Wan Chai on June 19 and November 1, 2024. The court heard the complainant, a senior clerical officer from the Civil Service Bureau, was seconded to the police force to provide administrative support... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3346750/hong-kong-policeman-denies-molesting-clerk-headquarters-indecent-assault-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3346750/hong-kong-policeman-denies-molesting-clerk-headquarters-indecent-assault-case?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:15:03 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Stealing from a disaster site is beyond the pale. The suspected jewellery theft by workers stabilising flats at the fire-damaged Wang Fuk Court has deepened the anguish of displaced residents who have already lost so much. It is good that Hong Kong police have made arrests and stepped up security as structural reinforcement continues. However, the case underscores the urgency of reopening the site so victims can reckon with the aftermath of the deadly November fire. Three construction workers... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3346218/theft-arrests-highlight-urgency-reopening-tai-po-fire-site-victims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3346218/theft-arrests-highlight-urgency-reopening-tai-po-fire-site-victims?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:45:08 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A Hong Kong police officer has been jailed for 16 months for trying to extort HK$60,000 (US$7,675) from a rape suspect he believed had been wrongly released by prosecutors. The District Court on Tuesday condemned Constable Ng Wai-fung for taking the law into his own hands while investigating a rape complaint lodged by a 16-year-old girl between January and April 2024. Defence lawyers said Ng, who pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office last month, was frustrated by the Department of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3346086/hong-kong-policeman-gets-16-months-extorting-hk60000-rape-case-suspect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3346086/hong-kong-policeman-gets-16-months-extorting-hk60000-rape-case-suspect?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:54:36 +0000 Jeffie Lam Jeffie Lam Hong Kong police have recovered a credit card suspected of misuse from a sealed flat damaged in the deadly Tai Po blaze, as residents voiced growing concerns about the safety of their properties following a recent burglary. The latest development came days after the force arrested three construction workers on suspicion of stealing gold jewellery worth HK$90,000 (US$11,500) from a flat at Wang Fuk Court, where they had been carrying out structural reinforcement work following November’s inferno,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345965/hong-kong-police-recover-credit-card-amid-theft-fears-fire-hit-tai-po-estate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345965/hong-kong-police-recover-credit-card-amid-theft-fears-fire-hit-tai-po-estate?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:37:21 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong A man has been arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly indecently assaulting a woman in a stairwell before fighting with her husband. Police said the incident occurred at about 12.54am on Monday in a stairwell outside a building on Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po. A woman, 30, surnamed Lai reported that she was indecently assaulted by a man. Her husband, 34, subsequently became involved in a dispute with the suspect. During the altercation, the husband was allegedly attacked by the man, according to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345930/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-over-alleged-indecent-assault-and-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345930/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-over-alleged-indecent-assault-and-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:08:08 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Hong Kong police will impose a HK$500 (US$63) cash limit on construction workers and conduct searches using metal detectors under new security measures at Wang Fuk Court, after three labourers were arrested on suspicion of stealing jewellery while carrying out structural reinforcement work at the blaze-hit Tai Po estate. Police Commissioner Joe Chow Yat-ming revealed on Sunday that reinforcement work at the estate, which had been temporarily suspended following the incident, would resume on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345889/hong-kong-police-boost-checks-tai-po-fire-block-after-jewellery-theft-arrests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345889/hong-kong-police-boost-checks-tai-po-fire-block-after-jewellery-theft-arrests?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:58:51 +0000