https://www.scmp.com/rss/517100/feed Born and raised in Hong Kong, Lara is a student at Kellett, the British International School in Hong Kong. She has a profound interest in journalism and intends to study media communications at university. She is also an avid guitarist and a well-rounded athlete. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “‘What kind of world do we live in that you can get killed for not having your ID card?’”, asked the mother of Chan Kwok-keung in the South China Morning Post on November 3, 1997. “‘He’s not an illegal immigrant. He was born and raised here,’ said Ms Chan of her son, who “was shot in the arm, shoulder and neck” while being questioned in a police interrogation room. “The 27-year-old police constable, arrested yesterday for shooting dead [the] young suspect in Aberdeen Police Station, [had, it... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3240161/when-schizophrenic-policeman-shot-and-killed-young-man-hong-kong-police-station-interrogation-room?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3240161/when-schizophrenic-policeman-shot-and-killed-young-man-hong-kong-police-station-interrogation-room?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:15:07 +0000 “A man convicted of larceny and robbery at Kowloon District Court yesterday asked the judge to hang him rather than send him to jail,” reported the South China Morning Post on November 11, 1962. Wong King-hong and his accomplice “held up a watch shop in Kowloon yesterday and ran out with 37 wristwatches worth $7,000. They escaped on bicycles,” stated a Post report dated October 6. “During the trial, Wong, who claimed he had been a police informer, said that if he went to jail, where ‘everybody’... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3238585/when-watch-shop-robber-asked-hong-kong-judge-death-penalty-instead-making-him-do-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3238585/when-watch-shop-robber-asked-hong-kong-judge-death-penalty-instead-making-him-do-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Oct 2023 01:45:07 +0000