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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Tai Po blaze hearing: property management worker unaware fire alarms deactivated
Clerk tells hearing she knew hose reel system had been shut down for months but did not know alarms would also be deactivated.
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Hong Kong courts
13 parents, middleman get up to 14 months in jail for bribing ESF employee
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong man gets 22 months in jail for pregnant woman’s death in truck accident
31 Mar 2026 - 7:30PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Tai Po probe: firm did not check fire systems since March 2025 – as it happened
Contract between Victory Fire and property management company ISS EastPoint stipulated that the safety system had to be inspected quarterly.
31 Mar 2026 - 5:16PM
Hong Kong
Man shot by Hong Kong police dies after 10 days in critical condition
Officers fired five rounds at 43-year-old after he allegedly charged at them with knife and metal rod on March 21 in Kwai Chung.
31 Mar 2026 - 7:09PM
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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Fire alarm, pump systems switched off before tragedy, Tai Po blaze panel told
Electrical worker Wong Kin-wa says Wang Fuk Court office staff told him the switches were shut off for water tank repair work.
31 Mar 2026 - 12:29AM
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Sha Tin
Hong Kong man arrested on suspicion of taking upskirt images of woman shopper
Suspect, 36, seen holding Apple Watch while carrying bag that may have contained recording device at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin.
30 Mar 2026 - 10:28PM
Hong Kong courts
Opinion
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Let’s be clear: national security law update is not a power grab
The amendments clarify ambiguities, close loopholes and are neither more intrusive nor less lawful than comparable legislation elsewhere.
30 Mar 2026 - 8:30PM
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Hong Kong police
Man arrested after viral video shows child steering car on busy Hong Kong road
Police say they have tracked down man linked to video posted to Tuen Mun community group on social media.
30 Mar 2026 - 6:39PM
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Crime
ICAC arrests 10 over using triad links to win HK$160 million renovation project
Operation by ICAC also led police to arrest 32 individuals in raids on premises believed to be controlled by bid-rigging syndicate’s triad elements.
30 Mar 2026 - 5:20PM
Hong Kong courts
Editorial
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Time to confront the uncomfortable truths about the Tai Po fire
Only by facing the problems head on and reforming systems can we truly do justice to the victims and survivors and protect public safety.
30 Mar 2026 - 7:15AM
Mainland China
Hong Kong police seize 1,600 litres of diesel, arrest 1 in raid of illegal fuel site
Diesel worth HK$50,000 seized and suspect arrested at the scene as part of continuing crackdown on illegal fuel operations.
28 Mar 2026 - 8:25PM
Mainland China
Hong Kong seizes HK$92 million of illicit cigarettes from cargo vessel, 4 held
Customs officers, marine police and mainland law enforcement agencies intercept river trade vessel in waters off Waglan Island, southeast of Stanley.
28 Mar 2026 - 5:17PM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong prison department’s IT system hacked, 6,800 staffers’ data compromised
Authorities reveal breach occurred on Tuesday, allowing hacker access to names, email addresses, employment history and other personal information.
28 Mar 2026 - 12:21PM
Hong Kong courts
10 defendants remanded in custody in JPEX cryptocurrency fraud case
Hong Kong magistrate rejects bail requests from four men and six women.
27 Mar 2026 - 7:18PM
US, Israel war on Iran
Over 8,000 litres of illicit fuel worth HK$250,000 seized, driver arrested
Hong Kong authorities crack down on yet another local case of contraband fuel amid oil price surge caused by US-Israel war against Iran.
27 Mar 2026 - 4:05PM
JPEX cryptocurrency scandal
Police charge another 10 people over HK$1.6 billion JPEX cryptocurrency scandal
Four men and six women charged after police investigations identify abnormal transactions in suspicious accounts linked to case.
27 Mar 2026 - 7:14AM
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Mainland China
Domestic helper held over death of baby found in rubbish bin at Hong Kong plaza
Cleaner at Lee Theatre Plaza discovered newborn in rubbish bin inside women’s restroom at The Starview Chinese restaurant on Monday.
26 Mar 2026 - 10:51PM
Hong Kong courts
CityU professor gets 4½ months in prison for offering HK$1,000 bribe to agent
Magistrate rejects argument that academic Du Du’s actions to get out of rental agreement rooted in ‘cultural differences’.
25 Mar 2026 - 10:46PM
Hong Kong courts
Leniency shown to Hong Kong immigration worker who repeatedly assaulted wife and son
Magistrate accepts one-year probation recommendation, citing risk of job and pension loss, after initially imposing community service sentence.
25 Mar 2026 - 3:14PM
Hong Kong
Watchdog takes legal action against syndicate seeking ‘quarter of renovation market’
Competition Commission targets six undertakings involving eight companies and 12 individuals tied to building maintenance projects worth nearly HK$700 million.
25 Mar 2026 - 9:30PM
Hong Kong courts
Jealous Hongkonger who threatened to burn 6 media newsrooms jailed for 1 year
Tse Chun-pan, 43, set up website for merchandise themed around 2019 protests and demanded media publish screenshots of seditious content in bid to frame rival.
25 Mar 2026 - 12:18PM
Hong Kong society
Letters
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How Hong Kong can map a path forward for mandatory reporting of child abuse
Readers discuss ways for the city to better protect children while supporting mandated reporters of abuse, cruelty to animals, and the Epstein scandal.
24 Mar 2026 - 11:30AM
Hong Kong
Newborn baby found in rubbish bin at Hong Kong shopping centre dies in hospital
Cleaner at Lee Theatre Plaza discovered infant in a rubbish bin inside women’s restroom at The Starview Chinese restaurant.
24 Mar 2026 - 1:43AM
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Hong Kong national security law
Hong Kong police file fresh terrorism charge against pair over alleged bomb plot
Charges upgraded against two men accused of plotting to use explosives to coerce authorities or intimidate the public in pursuit of a political agenda.
23 Mar 2026 - 5:29PM
HSBC
HSBC asks victim of credit card theft to pay HK$126,580 racked up by criminals
Victim only discovered card theft a day later and was told by bank she failed to report it immediately, but finds friend’s case treated differently.
22 Mar 2026 - 6:38PM
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Hong Kong children
Mother arrested after son, 12, told police she beat him with a rattan cane
Woman, 41, arrested at flat in Wong Tai Sin while boy taken to hospital for treatment.
22 Mar 2026 - 11:14AM
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Hong Kong police
Hong Kong police arrest 5, recover nearly HK$100 million in stolen gold bars
Suspects seized haul during transaction between gold shop staff and a buyer who turned out to be an accomplice, police say.
21 Mar 2026 - 9:48PM
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