https://www.scmp.com/rss/523102/feed The latest news and top stories on Eastern Court. A prominent Hong Kong-based governmental judicial body, the Eastern Court, officially known as the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts, is located in the Eastern Law Courts Building at 29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho. Its primary mission is to hear legal cases, particularly exercising criminal jurisdiction over a wide range of offences. As the lowest tier of criminal courts in Hong Kong, it initiates all criminal proceedings. The institution also houses the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com William Yiu William Yiu Three homeowners at Hong Kong’s luxury Redhill Peninsula housing estate have received fines totalling HK$275,000 (US$35,270) for carrying out illegal building works on their properties. The Buildings Department said on Monday that the fines were handed down by Eastern Court last week after the owners of three detached houses pleaded guilty to undertaking unauthorised work. They were found to have knowingly undertaken building works without prior approval or consent from the department, which... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3339597/3-homeowners-hong-kongs-redhill-peninsula-fined-illegal-building-works?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3339597/3-homeowners-hong-kongs-redhill-peninsula-fined-illegal-building-works?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:19:37 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Hong Kong prosecutors have dropped a criminal charge against an Indonesian tourist whose tumbler fell out of his backpack and hit another visitor at The Peak last month. Merchant Satnauli Bangun, 44, was initially prosecuted for allegedly allowing an object to fall from a height when he visited The Peak Tower on July 2. The accused had put his backpack on a fence while sightseeing inside the shopping area of the premises, but his tumbler fell out of a side pocket and hit a mainland Chinese woman... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3320364/hong-kong-prosecutors-drop-charge-against-indonesian-tourist-tumbler-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3320364/hong-kong-prosecutors-drop-charge-against-indonesian-tourist-tumbler-case?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Aug 2025 03:27:35 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A retired Hong Kong social worker behind a dropped legal challenge arising from the San Tin Technopole project has been sentenced to community service for defrauding authorities out of HK$16,780 (US$2,138) in welfare benefits. Eastern Court on Thursday adopted a probation officer’s recommendation to sentence Eddie Tse Sai-kit to 120 hours of unpaid community work after his lawyer said he “recklessly” understated his earnings to obtain four months’ worth of welfare allowances last year. A... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3319378/retired-hong-kong-social-worker-given-community-service-defrauding-authorities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3319378/retired-hong-kong-social-worker-given-community-service-defrauding-authorities?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 05:02:13 +0000