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Hong Kong crime news, including murder cases, triads, the hunt for serial killers, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
A suspect in the 1999 murder of a newspaper vendor is returned to Hong Kong on Saturday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police to prosecute 7th suspect in 1999 murder, seeking 8th

Newspaper seller Ho Wai-ha was murdered by assailants for her leading role in standing up to business exploiting fellow vendors.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s MPF authority flags fraudulent certificates in early pension payouts

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong police call to criminalise bid-rigging in wake of Tai Po estate blaze

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Hong Kong police

Former Wang Fuk Court representative and wife held over fraud, money laundering

Man who testified at Tai Po fire inquiry and wife suspected of abusing Covid loan scheme with proceeds later withdrawn and partly transferred.

Jason Kong, a former management committee member of the owners’ corporation at Wang Fuk Court, has been arrested alongside his wife on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering. Photo: Elson Li
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

Hong Kong privacy watchdog slams Canvas owner for paying ransom to hackers

Privacy commissioner says Instructure’s payment is a mishandling of crime and firm should invest in boosting cybersecurity instead.

Hong Kong

Truck driver arrested after accident leaves 1 highway worker dead, 5 others hurt

Truck hit back of worker’s patrol vehicle parked in closed slow lane of Cheung Tsing Highway, which then struck minivan carrying South Korean tourists.

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Hong Kong court freezes HK$9 billion in assets and properties tied to Chen Zhi

Detained Chinese-born Cambodian businessman is accused of running sprawling online scam network from Southeast Asia.

Chen Zhi (centre) in the custody of Chinese authorities earlier this year. Photo: AFP/China’s Ministry of Public Security
Hong Kong

Police arrest 3 and seize HK$100 million in cannabis buds in beach raid

Officers stage ambush in Sai Kung and seize more than half tonne of cannabis in third-largest seizure of drug since 2020.

Hong Kong national security law

3 suspects arrested over military drills appear in court on subversion charges

Wong Kit-lun, Tang Ngai-pok and Chan Hiu-chun charged with conspiracy to subvert state power.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Jimmy Lai’s case a reminder that the media cannot behave with impunity

To ignore or condone the Jimmy Lais and Apple Dailies of the world is to encourage the hypocrisy and abuses seen in news reporting today.

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Correctional Services Department vehicles leave the West Kowloon Court where former media boss Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating the national security law, on February 9. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong tech crimes are dropping. So why is hacking becoming more lucrative?

Senior police officer says hacking and ransomware cases can ‘cause serious impact on organisations affected’.

Police recorded 31,571 technology crime cases in 2025, a category covering a range of online crimes such as scams and hacking. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong courts

Helper molested 10-year-old girl while waking her up, Hong Kong court hears

Domestic helper denies four counts of indecent assault for allegedly molesting daughters of her former employer.

Hong Kong customs

3 arrested over links to money laundering, untaxed cigarettes syndicate

Months-long operation leads to discovery of 2.2 million untaxed cigarettes and HK$11.3 million in alleged criminal proceeds.

Hong Kong courts

Debt-ridden Hongkonger pleads guilty to attempted murder of family in flat

Wong Pak-ting, 45, tried to kill wife, three daughters and himself out of fear they would be harrassed for his business debts, Hong Kong court hears.

Shan King Estate in Tuen Mun, where Wong Pak-ting attempted to kill himself and his family. Photo: Google Map
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

Data of 72,571 Hongkongers leaked in Canvas hack, police receive 2 reports so far

Breach is part of wider global data leak that has affected universities and schools worldwide, with estimated 9,000 institutions impacted.

As of Tuesday, seven local educational institutions had reported data breaches to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Community service for pair in their 60s who had sex at Hong Kong pier

Saleswoman, sailor given 80 hours of community work for public indecency after being caught on video committing sexual acts at Cheung Chau pier.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong rugby player denies molesting woman at bar, but admits vandalism

Faizal Solomona pleads guilty to damaging door bolt at Central police station, but denies groping woman at Wyndham Street bar last year.

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Ex-owner of bankrupt bakery dies after chasing thief and falling off building

Former owner of Hoixe Cake Shop runs after thief at industrial building in Kwun Tong and falls onto air-conditioning pipes on facade.

Kimball Industrial Building in Kwun Tong. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 drivers over alleged truck racing viral video

Dashcam footage shows two trucks cutting lanes amid incessant honking in tunnel believed to be Central Kowloon Bypass.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman arrested over smuggling 7 animals at border checkpoint

Woman had chinchilla, mouse, hamster, three guinea pigs and sugar glider hidden in paper bags.

Hong Kong national security law

Wanted ‘Hong Kong Parliament’ member may be deported from Thailand

Zhang Xinyan arrested for overstaying visa and is reportedly set to be deported to mainland China.

Zhang Xinyan was among the 15 overseas activists added to the city’s wanted list in July last year for their involvement in the so-called parliament. Photo: Jelly Tse
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

3 convicted in Hong Kong’s largest football match-fixing scandal in years

Two players and betting agent found guilty of bribing footballers to rig match results across city’s top two leagues between 2021 and 2023.

Footballer Luciano Silva da Silva arrives at the West Kowloon court for a match-fixing case. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong courts

Court overturns murder conviction of man who killed girlfriend, orders retrial

Court of Appeal rules in favour of Law Wai-man, saying trial judge had not properly directed jury to fully consider his violent personality traits.

Hong Kong police

Alleged Gundam figurine thief injured after jumping from building in Hong Kong

Police say the man, aged 40, was linked to the theft of 10 boxes of Gundam models from a building in To Kwa Wan.

Hong Kong police

Police investigate alleged indecent assault of boy, 4, at international school

International Montessori School says currently there is no evidence to suggest risk to other students or involvement of member of school community.

The International Montessori School has said the safety and welfare of students remained its highest priority. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Death of elderly pair in Sau Mau Ping flat deemed murder-suicide, police say

Man, 77, who killed his ex-wife before hanging himself, reportedly felt ‘hopeless’ after separation and anguished by son’s suicide in 2018.

The elderly pair were found dead at a flat in Po Tat Estate on Wednesday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime

Hong Kong college’s finance director arrested over HK$770,000 embezzlement

Ray Yip has served as Hong Kong Chu Hai College’s finance director since 2024.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong teen lured 4 victims for gang to rob and blackmail, court hears

Hau Yan-ki, now 23, on trial for role in three alleged robberies during which victims were beaten up and forced to transfer money to gang.

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