https://www.scmp.com/rss/879/feed Clifford Lo covers the city’s breaking news including major accidents and crime, with a particular interest in reporting local crime trends and statistics. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com 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 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 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Hong Kong police have stepped up security around the consulates and officials of countries involved in the Middle East conflict, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source said officers had increased patrols at the consulates as a precaution since the outbreak of the conflict. The United States and Israel launched a massive attack on Tehran last Saturday, killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with his wife and senior Iranian officials. The move prompted Iranian... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3345821/hong-kong-police-step-security-consulates-nations-middle-east-conflict?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3345821/hong-kong-police-step-security-consulates-nations-middle-east-conflict?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:53:49 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Internet fraudsters tricked more than 270 Hong Kong residents out of nearly HK$14 million (US$1.8 million) through online shopping scams in the first week of 2026, police have said. The average daily loss of HK$2 million prompted the force to issue a scam alert on Monday, urging caution among online consumers and people selling products on the internet. One of the victims was a 26-year-old man who was targeted after he tried to sell a suitcase on the online platform Carousell and left his... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3339646/online-shopping-scams-cost-hongkongers-hk14-million-first-week-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3339646/online-shopping-scams-cost-hongkongers-hk14-million-first-week-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:00:44 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Two teenage schoolboys were among more than 80 Hongkongers who lost a combined HK$3.7 million (US$471,400) over four weeks in July, after they were deceived into making upfront payments for sex or companionship in a series of compensated dating scams. The police force said the boys, aged 13 and 14, were duped into paying a total of HK$5,500 to meet “dates” they had contacted via Instagram or dating apps, but the encounters never materialised. Police also revealed that nearly 20 per cent of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3319964/hong-kong-teens-among-80-conned-over-4-weeks-compensated-dating-scams?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3319964/hong-kong-teens-among-80-conned-over-4-weeks-compensated-dating-scams?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:53:25 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Nearly 20 Hongkongers have lost HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) to online romance scams over the past two weeks, with 40 per cent of the victims above the age of 60, according to police. The force said on Wednesday that one of the cases involved a 70-year-old man who was conned out of more than HK$3 million in life savings and was also left with an additional HK$1 million debt. About two months ago, the man received a WhatsApp message from someone pretending to be his neighbour and complaining... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3319356/fake-water-leak-alert-lures-hongkonger-70-hk4-million-online-love-scam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3319356/fake-water-leak-alert-lures-hongkonger-70-hk4-million-online-love-scam?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 01:57:18 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo A Hong Kong woman has been duped out of an additional HK$2 million (US$257,800) after a swindler posing as a victim offered to help her recover HK$5,000 she lost earlier in an online shopping scam, according to police. The force said on Monday that the fraudster claimed to know a “team” that could help recover funds lost in scams, but told the victim that she had to pay a deposit for its services. The woman, 37, was tricked into the recovery scheme earlier this month after a person on Telegram... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3308283/hongkonger-conned-out-hk2-million-trying-recover-hk5000-lost-scam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3308283/hongkonger-conned-out-hk2-million-trying-recover-hk5000-lost-scam?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:57:27 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Nearly 100 Hongkongers have been scammed out of HK$90 million (US$11.6 million) in just one week by online fraudsters posing as investment experts to lure victims into betting on cryptocurrency and stocks by offering fake insider knowledge and tips. An 84-year-old businessman suffered the largest single loss when he was deceived into investing in cryptocurrency, losing nearly HK$10 million, according to police. The businessman encountered the scammer, who posed as the CEO of a data company,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3308035/nearly-100-hongkongers-lose-hk90-million-1-week-through-investment-scams?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3308035/nearly-100-hongkongers-lose-hk90-million-1-week-through-investment-scams?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Apr 2025 09:02:18 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Hong Kong customs confiscated more than 2.6 tonnes of illegal drugs valued at HK$1.1 billion (US$141.8 million) and arrested 102 people in an air-land-sea anti-narcotics operation in the first quarter of the year, the Post has learned. The latest figures obtained by the Post show the total amount of drugs seized marked a 33 per cent increase from the 1.96 tonnes of narcotics, worth HK$800 million, that were confiscated during the same period last year. In the first three months of 2024,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3307974/hong-kong-customs-seizes-26-tonnes-drugs-worth-hk1-billion-first-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3307974/hong-kong-customs-seizes-26-tonnes-drugs-worth-hk1-billion-first-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Apr 2025 04:00:09 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Online fraudsters scammed Hongkongers out of more than HK$200 million (US$25.7 million) in a week last month and used artificial intelligence (AI) to trick a victim into transferring HK$145 million in one of the cases. Police said the victim, a merchant, wanted to buy cryptocurrency mining equipment used to create digital tokens. The purchase was negotiated via the WhatsApp messaging app with what the victim thought was a mainland Chinese company. “During the negotiations, the merchant received... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3297972/hongkongers-lose-hk200-million-scams-week-ai-voice-cloning-used?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3297972/hongkongers-lose-hk200-million-scams-week-ai-voice-cloning-used?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:00:14 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo The amount of narcotics confiscated from air travellers at the Hong Kong International Airport soared to 874kg (1,927lbs) last year, an increase of 244 per cent over the figure for 2019, before the Covid-19 outbreak, the Post has learned. Statistics obtained by the Post showed that narcotics worth HK$349 million (US$44.9 million) were seized from 111 arrivals from different parts of the world last year. Customs officers arrested 60 arriving travellers on suspicion of smuggling 254kg of illegal... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3293495/875kg-drugs-worth-hk349-million-seized-hong-kong-airport-last-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3293495/875kg-drugs-worth-hk349-million-seized-hong-kong-airport-last-year?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Jan 2025 11:30:11 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Tobacco products in Hong Kong will need to carry laser labels to show they are legitimate goods, in a bid by local authorities to crack down on black-market cigarettes, the Post has learned. Sources said authorities were studying how to update existing legislation to ensure the adoption of the labelling system, which involved goods being marked with a laser, to distinguish between duty-paid cigarettes and untaxed tobacco products. One source said an exemption period was likely to be granted to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3292662/hong-kong-slap-tobacco-products-laser-labels-root-out-contraband?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3292662/hong-kong-slap-tobacco-products-laser-labels-root-out-contraband?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:30:10 +0000 Hong Kong hospitals will face stricter controls next year over their handling of an anaesthetic used for urgent procedures that is also a key ingredient in the increasingly popular street drug known as “space oil”, as part of government efforts to better regulate access to the chemical. Sources told the Post that under authorities’ plans to expedite the legislative process to add etomidate to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance by the first quarter of 2025, procedures on how the drug was handled by... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3292605/hong-kong-hospitals-face-stricter-controls-over-space-oil-drug?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3292605/hong-kong-hospitals-face-stricter-controls-over-space-oil-drug?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Dec 2024 01:00:19 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested three Indonesian passport holders in a crackdown on a pickpocketing syndicate that hunted for targets near banks and followed victims before stealing their belongings. The force said on Thursday that the suspects – two men and one woman – were accused of stealing HK$70,000 (US$9,000) and 200,000 Japanese yen (US$1,320) from two elderly residents shortly after the victims withdrew money from two different banks in North Point in September and November. Inspector Ip... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288495/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-suspects-crackdown-pickpocketing-syndicate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288495/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-suspects-crackdown-pickpocketing-syndicate?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:31:47 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo A Hong Kong primary school teacher is among seven people arrested in a crackdown on the illegal import and distribution of a newly emerging drug known as “space oil”, with customs officers seizing anaesthetics that could produce HK$17 million (US$2.2 million) worth of the narcotic. Assistant Superintendent Ho Tin-hong of customs’ airport cargo unit said on Wednesday the database of its officers’ drug detection devices had been updated to include the anaesthetic etomidate, a raw material used to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288340/7-arrested-including-hong-kong-primary-school-teacher-crackdown-drug-space-oil?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288340/7-arrested-including-hong-kong-primary-school-teacher-crackdown-drug-space-oil?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:59:04 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo A 20-year-old man was injured in a knife attack at a Hong Kong shelter for people with mental health issues and disabilities on Tuesday, leaving him unconscious and with cut wounds to his neck and head. Police arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with the attack at the Tung Hoi Association for the Gifted Child, a private residential care home in San Wai Tsuen, off Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long. The incident happened shortly after 11am. A force insider said the victim suffered a 13cm-long... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288182/hong-kong-man-suffers-neck-head-wounds-knife-attack-mental-health-shelter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288182/hong-kong-man-suffers-neck-head-wounds-knife-attack-mental-health-shelter?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:26:26 +0000 Hong Kong police have rounded up 24 people, including four mainland Chinese visitors, during raids on two residential flats used as underground casinos and offering baccarat games. The force said on Tuesday that officers seized HK$1.9 million (US$244,150) in gambling chips, HK$20,000 in cash and four baccarat tables, among other items, in the two flats on Shanghai Street and Tong Mi Road in Mong Kok the previous day. Officers from the Mong Kok district’s special duties squad identified the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288155/hong-kong-police-arrest-24-people-after-raiding-2-underground-casinos-mong-kok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3288155/hong-kong-police-arrest-24-people-after-raiding-2-underground-casinos-mong-kok?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:23:08 +0000 A Hong Kong retiree has been swindled out of more than HK$11 million (US$1.4 million) by fraudsters posing as police officers and technical support staff in the city’s biggest cyber scam case of its kind. In a post on its CyberDefender social media page on Monday, the force said the case came to light after the woman, 60, sought help from police last week. A police source said the victim fell prey to the scam while browsing websites on her computer at home on November 8. “A pop-up alert suddenly... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287995/hong-kong-woman-60-loses-hk115-million-scammers-posing-police-tech-support?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287995/hong-kong-woman-60-loses-hk115-million-scammers-posing-police-tech-support?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:29:15 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Hong Kong customs officers have made their biggest seizure of bird’s nests at a land border crossing, discovering HK$32 million (US$411,000) worth of the delicacy hidden in a truck bound for mainland China. Inspector Davis Kwok Chun-ting of customs’ syndicate crimes investigation bureau said on Friday that the haul, found in a truck at the Lok Ma Chau border crossing on Wednesday, was intended to meet demand for the high-value product on the mainland in the run-up to the festive season. Kwok... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287674/hong-kong-customs-seizes-hk32-million-birds-nests-largest-land-haul?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287674/hong-kong-customs-seizes-hk32-million-birds-nests-largest-land-haul?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:04:39 +0000 Fifty Hongkongers have been swindled out of HK$2.83 million (US$363,610) in a week after being scammed into making advance payments under false promises of companionship or sex. Police said on Wednesday that scammers, posing as attractive men or women, hunted for targets on social media platforms or dating websites, and befriended them before offering “compensated dating” or sexual services as part of the trap. The force said fraudsters asked their targets out on dates after initiating... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287361/50-hongkongers-lose-hk283-million-week-compensated-dating-scams?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287361/50-hongkongers-lose-hk283-million-week-compensated-dating-scams?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Nov 2024 07:43:19 +0000 A minibus driver is fighting for his life in hospital after veering into oncoming traffic and crashing into the entrance of an upscale Hong Kong housing estate, throwing him out of the vehicle. A source said on Tuesday that police were investigating whether the 79-year-old driver was wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred in Mid-Levels at around 11.18pm the day before. A spokesman for the Hospital Authority said the man, who was in Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, remained in critical... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3287176/minibus-driver-critically-injured-after-vehicle-crashes-upscale-hong-kong-neighbourhood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3287176/minibus-driver-critically-injured-after-vehicle-crashes-upscale-hong-kong-neighbourhood?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:18:12 +0000 Hong Kong police are hunting for a man and a woman who stole a HK$23,000 (US$2,950) gold necklace from a 63-year-old after luring him to a flat in the New Territories for a massage. A police source said on Monday the victim was approached by the woman, who was in her thirties, on Tung Lok Street in Yuen Long at around 1.30pm the previous day. She offered the man a massage for HK$200 and accompanied him to a subdivided flat on the third floor of a nearby building. “During the massage session, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287034/hong-kong-police-hunt-pair-who-stole-hk23000-necklace-man-lured-flat-massage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287034/hong-kong-police-hunt-pair-who-stole-hk23000-necklace-man-lured-flat-massage?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:43:32 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of raping his girlfriend after assaulting her in his flat in the New Territories. A source said the man allegedly assaulted the woman at his Ting Kau Village residence off Castle Peak Road in the early hours of Monday. The victim had been out with friends in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday night and arrived at the man’s home at around 2am. “Afterwards, her boyfriend returned home and used a hard object to attack her, causing redness in the left... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287023/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-25-suspected-raping-girlfriend-new-territories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287023/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-25-suspected-raping-girlfriend-new-territories?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:18:34 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a 54-year-old man on suspicion of breaking into a store and stealing HK$60,000 (US$7,700) worth of cash, watches and bottles of red wine. The force said on Monday the arrest was made in the Western police district the day before, less than 12 hours after the case came to light. Officers were called to the shop on Chung Ching Street in the same district at around 2pm on Sunday after receiving a report of a break-in. The store is about 300 metres (984 feet) from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287017/hong-kong-man-54-arrested-over-stealing-hk60000-cash-watches-and-red-wine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3287017/hong-kong-man-54-arrested-over-stealing-hk60000-cash-watches-and-red-wine?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:53:18 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Hong Kong police have arrested three mainland Chinese visitors in a crackdown on a syndicate that stole credit cards from passengers on flights bound for the city and then made purchases through shops in Vietnam. A source familiar with the case said the syndicate, which used a hotel room near Hong Kong International Airport as an operational centre, could have pocketed millions of Hong Kong dollars over the past three months. Senior Inspector Wong Yuen-yan of the Sham Shui Po district crime... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286798/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-suspects-over-credit-cards-stolen-flights-purchases-vietnam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286798/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-suspects-over-credit-cards-stolen-flights-purchases-vietnam?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:12:07 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo An elderly villager was bitten on the legs and buttocks by a wild boar at his New Territories farm in northern Hong Kong on Friday. The 68-year-old man was in a serious condition in a public hospital in Sha Tin as of 5.30pm. He was in a semi-conscious state when he was found by another villager on his farm at Lei Uk San Tsuen off Ping Che Road in Ta Kwu Ling at around 2.05pm, according to police. A force spokesman said the villager had been bitten by a wild boar that had left the area before... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3286796/elderly-hong-kong-villager-serious-condition-after-wild-boar-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3286796/elderly-hong-kong-villager-serious-condition-after-wild-boar-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:09:38 +0000 A 10-metre-tall (33 feet) tree fell onto three vehicles on a busy Hong Kong road on Friday, disrupting traffic for more than three hours. The spider tree crashed down on the Mong Kok-bound lane of Prince Edward Road West near the junction with Knight Street in Kowloon City at around 7.48am. A police spokesman said three passing vehicles – a taxi, a private car and a school bus – were hit, but no injuries were reported. He said firefighters were called to cut up the tree for removal. The tree... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3286702/10-metre-tree-falls-3-vehicles-busy-hong-kong-road-disrupting-traffic-3-hours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3286702/10-metre-tree-falls-3-vehicles-busy-hong-kong-road-disrupting-traffic-3-hours?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:53:17 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested 16 people, including seven mainland Chinese visitors, after shutting down an illegal gambling den that offered arcade fishing game machines in Kowloon. The force said on Friday that the gambling den, which was raided by officers the previous day, operated in a residential flat on Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok. Six arcade machines, HK$3,000 (US$385) in cash and gambling paraphernalia were seized in the raid. The 11 men and five women were rounded up in the operation,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286695/hong-kong-police-arrest-16-after-raid-gambling-den-arcade-fishing-game-machines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286695/hong-kong-police-arrest-16-after-raid-gambling-den-arcade-fishing-game-machines?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:20:08 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Hong Kong police have launched a citywide search for a burglar who took advantage of deserted streets during Tropical Storm Toraji, when the No 8 typhoon warning signal was issued in the city, to break into a kindergarten and steal more than HK$6,600 (US$850) in cash. A source said surveillance cameras captured the man breaking into Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Liu Yan Tak Memorial Kindergarten on the ground floor of Mei Wo House at Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin at 1am on Thursday when the signal was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286556/hong-kong-police-hunt-burglar-who-stole-cash-kindergarten-during-t8-signal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286556/hong-kong-police-hunt-burglar-who-stole-cash-kindergarten-during-t8-signal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:25:55 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested five people in the latest crackdown on the illegal use of e-bicycles and other powered devices in Kowloon. The force said on Thursday that the five men, aged 34 to 63, were intercepted the day before in Kwun Tong, Sau Mau Ping and Tseung Kwan O. The five were detained on suspicion of “riding an unregistered electric mobility device, driving without a licence, using a vehicle without third-party insurance, and riding without wearing protective helmets”, police... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286522/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-people-crackdown-illegal-use-e-bikes-e-scooters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286522/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-people-crackdown-illegal-use-e-bikes-e-scooters?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Nov 2024 05:32:25 +0000 A wild boar ran into a motorcycle on a Hong Kong road on Wednesday, causing the rider and his passenger to suffer injuries. The motorcycle, driven by a 39-year-old man, was travelling along the Kowloon-bound lane of Clear Water Bay Road in Sai Kung when the incident occurred shortly after 3am. While riding near Tai Au Mun Village, “the wild pig dashed onto the road and collided with the motorcycle,” a police spokesman said. The vehicle toppled onto one side, resulting in injuries to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3286378/wild-boar-runs-motorcycle-hong-kong-injuring-rider-and-passenger?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3286378/wild-boar-runs-motorcycle-hong-kong-injuring-rider-and-passenger?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:49:28 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Hong Kong customs officers have seized 1.3 tonnes of food products including unrefrigerated meat and live hairy crabs, in a crackdown on a cross-border criminal syndicate smuggling contraband retail goods into the city from mainland China. Inspector Lam Chun-hing of the customs’ syndicate crimes investigation bureau said on Wednesday that two men were arrested during last week’s operation. The two suspects comprised the owner of a grocery store in Tsuen Wan and a truck driver. He said the 34... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286370/hong-kong-customs-seizes-frozen-meat-live-crabs-crackdown-cross-border-food-smuggling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286370/hong-kong-customs-seizes-frozen-meat-live-crabs-crackdown-cross-border-food-smuggling?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:10:09 +0000 Clifford Lo,Brian Wong Clifford Lo,Brian Wong A Hong Kong man has been charged and remanded in custody pending trial for allegedly posting seditious messages on social media platforms to incite hatred towards local and central authorities. Part-time handyman Chow Kim-ho, 57, was escorted to West Kowloon Court on Wednesday on suspicion of publishing 145 seditious posts on Facebook, Instagram and Threads between March 26 and November 12. He was not required to enter a plea on a count of knowingly publishing seditious publications, which... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286361/hong-kong-police-charge-man-57-over-allegedly-making-seditious-online-posts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286361/hong-kong-police-charge-man-57-over-allegedly-making-seditious-online-posts?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:41:51 +0000 Con artists have duped 115 Hongkongers out of HK$22 million (US$2.8 million) in a single week through click farming scams which offered “commissions” to victims supposedly recruited to boost sales of products online. Police reminded the public of the increasingly rampant employment fraud in an alert posted on their CyberDefender Facebook page on Monday, describing scammers who offered initial cash rewards as bait to lure victims into carrying out more transactions. The victims were told their... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286233/115-hongkongers-lose-hk22-million-week-click-farming-scams?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286233/115-hongkongers-lose-hk22-million-week-click-farming-scams?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:35:20 +0000 A cleaning worker has died after being found unconscious in waters off Stonecutters Island in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Emergency personnel were called in at around 8.45am when police were contacted by the man’s colleague who suspected he had fallen into water from the Stonecutters Island public cargo working area in Cheung Sha Wan. A police spokeswoman said the worker was later found floating in the sea off the site. She said the man was pulled out of water and rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286172/cleaner-dies-after-being-found-water-hong-kongs-stonecutters-island?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3286172/cleaner-dies-after-being-found-water-hong-kongs-stonecutters-island?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Nov 2024 05:28:54 +0000 Clifford Lo,Danny Mok Clifford Lo,Danny Mok Hong Kong police have arrested a married couple over the suspected murder of a 25-year-old foreign domestic helper who was found dead at a waterfall in a park in Pok Fu Lam. The Southeast Asian victim, whose body was discovered at Waterfall Bay Park near Wah Fu Estate on Monday morning, was believed to have drowned after she was hit with a hard object, said Superintendent Sin Kwok-ming of the Hong Kong Island regional crime unit. Injuries measuring from two to four centimetres were found on her... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284306/murder-probe-launched-after-woman-found-dead-under-waterfall-hong-kong-park?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284306/murder-probe-launched-after-woman-found-dead-under-waterfall-hong-kong-park?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:50:12 +0000 A Hong Kong taxi driver has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking after leading police on a 6km (3.7 mile) car chase from Sha Tin to Lai Chi Kok. The pursuit ended at around 5am on Tuesday when the 56-year-old man’s taxi was intercepted on Tsing Sha Highway near Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, a maximum-security prison. Officers found 33 packs of suspected cocaine worth HK$11,800 (US$12,752) in the vehicle. A source said officers from the New Territories South Emergency Unit saw the taxi... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284287/hong-kong-police-arrest-taxi-driver-alleged-drug-trafficking-after-6km-chase?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284287/hong-kong-police-arrest-taxi-driver-alleged-drug-trafficking-after-6km-chase?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:08:12 +0000 Jess Ma,Clifford Lo Jess Ma,Clifford Lo Hong Kong police have installed more than 500 surveillance cameras across the city over the past eight months, with the security chief saying they might be used for counterterrorism purposes. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Monday that he would not exclude counterterrorism from efforts to combat crime through the installation of more surveillance cameras across the city and the use of new technologies. “We are rolling out these surveillance cameras to prevent and eliminate... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284137/hong-kong-police-install-504-cctvs-over-8-months-leading-72-arrests-and-46-cases-solved?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284137/hong-kong-police-install-504-cctvs-over-8-months-leading-72-arrests-and-46-cases-solved?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:12:19 +0000 A motorcyclist has died after her bike slammed into a kerb on a northern Hong Kong road that is known for being a notorious black spot for traffic accidents. Police said on Monday the woman, 47, was riding her motorcycle along Sha Tau Kok-bound Bride’s Pool Road in Tai Po when the crash occurred at around 11.30pm the previous day. “Upon approaching Wang Chung Stream, the motorcycle reportedly went out of control and rammed into a kerb,” the force said. The rider suffered chest injuries and was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284119/hong-kong-motorcyclist-dies-after-crashing-kerb-brides-pool-road?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3284119/hong-kong-motorcyclist-dies-after-crashing-kerb-brides-pool-road?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:35:28 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested 11 people from a fraud syndicate that allegedly helped more than 800 residents withdraw HK$145 million (US$18.7 million) from their Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) savings prematurely using fake documents. The force said on Friday that the racket operated in the Tsim Sha Tsui office of a financial consultancy firm as a front and persuaded people to withdraw their MPF savings earlier than permitted. Inspector Lam Ying-pan, of the Wong Tai Sin district crime squad,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283938/hong-kong-police-arrest-11-allegedly-conducting-fraud-scheme-early-mpf-withdrawals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283938/hong-kong-police-arrest-11-allegedly-conducting-fraud-scheme-early-mpf-withdrawals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:47:46 +0000 Hong Kong customs officers have seized contraband products valued at HK$100 million (US$12.9 million), including computer processors worth HK$67 million, from a shipment bound for Taiwan. The Customs and Excise Department said on Friday the seized items, which included laptops, smartwatches and circuit boards, were found in a cargo container that was to be loaded onto a Taichung-bound oceangoing vessel last week. Inspector Woo Suet-yi, of customs’ syndicate crimes investigation bureau, said... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283882/hong-kong-customs-seizes-hk100-million-contraband-goods-including-computer-processors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283882/hong-kong-customs-seizes-hk100-million-contraband-goods-including-computer-processors?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:28:54 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested five people and seized more than HK$1.1 million (US$141,570) of illegal drugs, including the newly emerging “space oil”, in a crackdown on a local trafficking syndicate. The force said on Friday that investigations revealed the racket sold various narcotics on the city’s underground market and used a Cheung Sha Wan residential flat as its packing and distribution centre. Officers found 2.8kg (6lbs) of cannabis buds, 300 grams (11.6 oz) of ketamine, 150 grams of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283817/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-seize-hk11-million-illegal-drugs-including-space-oil?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283817/hong-kong-police-arrest-5-seize-hk11-million-illegal-drugs-including-space-oil?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:46:07 +0000 A two-day search for a sailor who went missing after falling into the sea at a pier in Hong Kong ended on Wednesday when divers discovered his body 10 metres (33 feet) below the surface. The 24-year-old man, surnamed Xiang, fell into the sea at around 12.30pm on Monday after helping to secure a docked ship with ropes at a fill bank off Lung Mun Road in Tuen Mun. The site is used to load ships with sand and gravel for transport to construction sites, according to a source. The site is managed by... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3283547/body-sailor-found-10-metres-underwater-hong-kong-after-2-day-search-and-rescue-operation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3283547/body-sailor-found-10-metres-underwater-hong-kong-after-2-day-search-and-rescue-operation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:57:33 +0000 Three people have been injured after an out-of-control BMW car crashed into a truck and a taxi, mounted a pavement and struck two pedestrians on a busy Hong Kong street. Police said the crash took place on Tai Yau Street near the junction with Sam Chuk Street in San Po Kong at around 8.51am on Wednesday. A video online shows the grey BMW vehicle veering to the right and colliding with a dump truck on the Hung Hom-bound Yai Tau Street before crossing over to the opposite side. It then mounts a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283481/3-hongkongers-injured-after-bmw-crashes-truck-and-taxi-mounts-pavement-busy-street?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283481/3-hongkongers-injured-after-bmw-crashes-truck-and-taxi-mounts-pavement-busy-street?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:07:40 +0000 Two suspected burglars have been arrested following break-ins at the homes of former Hong Kong police chief Andy Tsang Wai-hung and a man on the same estate, with more than HK$400,000 (US$51,464) in cash and valuables stolen. A source said the arrests were made hours after Tsang discovered the burglary when he arrived at his Tai Po home with his family on Sunday night. The other burglary at luxury residential estate Hong Lok Yuen was discovered on Monday. The cases prompted the force to enhance... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283343/homes-ex-hong-kong-police-chief-neighbour-burgled-within-24-hours-hk400000-taken?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283343/homes-ex-hong-kong-police-chief-neighbour-burgled-within-24-hours-hk400000-taken?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:51:39 +0000 Hong Kong police have issued two appeals for the public’s help to find a pair of 15-year-old twin sisters who were reported missing after leaving their Cheung Sha Wan home separately a week apart. The force issued pictures of teenagers Kong Wing-ki and Kong Wing-yan on Monday, with the message that anyone who knew of their whereabouts should contact officers from the Kowloon West regional missing persons unit. In one appeal, police said Wing-ki was last seen at her home, a flat on Un Chau Street... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283263/hong-kong-police-issue-public-appeals-help-locate-missing-15-year-old-twin-sisters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283263/hong-kong-police-issue-public-appeals-help-locate-missing-15-year-old-twin-sisters?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:41:12 +0000 Heavily-armed police officers were deployed to guard a cash delivery van after the vehicle collided head-on with a taxi on a Kwai Chung flyover in Hong Kong on Monday, leaving one cab passenger injured. A source familiar with the matter said the taxi was travelling against traffic on the Kwai Chung Road flyover near Princess Margaret Hospital when the crash occurred around 3am. Photos posted online showed the taxi sustained extensive damage in the front, with its bonnet badly crushed. First... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283190/hong-kong-police-deploy-heavily-armed-team-guard-cash-delivery-van-crashed-flyover?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3283190/hong-kong-police-deploy-heavily-armed-team-guard-cash-delivery-van-crashed-flyover?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:05:57 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo Nearly 60 Hongkongers, including four women, were victims of extortion in which they were tricked into undressing during video chats and then coerced into paying more than HK$1.9 million (US$244,430) over the past week. The police force revealed the figures on its CyberDefender Facebook page on Friday, reminding residents to be cautious when meeting people on the internet. The crime typically involves extortionists – usually women – taking off their clothes in front of their webcams to entice... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3282979/naked-chat-blackmail-4-women-among-59-hongkongers-duped-undressing-during-video-chats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3282979/naked-chat-blackmail-4-women-among-59-hongkongers-duped-undressing-during-video-chats?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:09:52 +0000 Hong Kong customs officers have seized HK$170 million (US$22 million) in smuggled mobile phones, tablets and smartwatches from two separate shipments destined for the Philippines. A source said on Friday the contraband products were from Chinese brands Honor and Tecno. He added the final destination of the two consignments after landing in the Philippines might have been mainland China. The Post has learned that the seized items were possibly made in Southeast Asian countries and were subject to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3282895/hong-kong-customs-seizes-hk170-million-smuggled-philippines-bound-smart-devices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3282895/hong-kong-customs-seizes-hk170-million-smuggled-philippines-bound-smart-devices?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Oct 2024 07:15:57 +0000 Hong Kong police are investigating whether noise complaints are linked to two customs trainees being struck by a piece of concrete that was thrown over a three metre-high (10 foot-high) wall into the grounds of a training school. A source said on Thursday the two women, both aged 29, had gathered with colleagues at an outdoor area of the Hong Kong Customs College on Tai Lam Chung Road in Tuen Mun the day before. The insider said the trainees were lining up to enter a classroom after dinner when... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3282725/hong-kong-police-probe-throwing-concrete-block-struck-injured-customs-officers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3282725/hong-kong-police-probe-throwing-concrete-block-struck-injured-customs-officers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:18:12 +0000