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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.
The students were tricked into buying gold for fake investigations. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

Scammers trick overseas students out of gold in fake money-laundering probes

Hong Kong police say at least nine victims studying in UK, Australia and other countries have fallen prey to the scams.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong aiming to curb illicit fuel trade with tougher penalties: source

Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong seeks to seize HK$56.5 million, 17 companies from jailed Jimmy Lai

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Hong Kong

5 arrested in Hong Kong as thousands of anti-obesity tablets, injections seized

Authorities conduct two raids and seize over 3000 tablets of clonazepam and zolpidem, and six boxes of unregistered slimming injections.

Weight-loss injections were earlier found to be available on the reseller platform Carousell. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong police

Teen driving Tesla arrested after knocking second vehicle through storefront

Police say garage employee, 16, believed to have been trying to drive car out of building on Luk Mei Tsuen Road when he lost control.

Education in Hong Kong

ESF administrator jailed for 25 months for accepting bribes to favour applicants

Fatimah Rumjahn accepted HK$640,000 from 13 parents and a middleman to help them secure kindergarten places by tampering with admissions system.

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Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police deploy drones for first time to tackle illicit street gambling

Eight suspects arrested after drones used to patrol and identify various street gambling spots, police say.

Eight suspects – seven men and a woman, aged between 53 and 76 – were arrested in Chung On Estate. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

14 hurt after minibus slams into back of goods vehicle in Hong Kong

Crash occurred at about 9.30pm in Tsing Yi.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman loses HK$4.9 million to bogus online ‘investment experts’

Victim lured by social media advertisement promising high-return stock investments, police say.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong authorities use drones to help raid illegal Yuen Long slaughterhouse

Facility run under ‘very poor hygiene’ conditions, officers say after arresting operator, 67, and seizing goat meat.

Officers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department seized 7.4kg of goat meat and offal with an estimated market value of HK$3,000. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong to scrap fax messaging between police and fire services for emergencies

Security chief Chris Tang says system to be digitised after Tai Po fire inquiry reveals use of fax for sharing emergency appeals gathered online.

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Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. Authorities will also increase phone lines at call centres, after an inquiry into the inferno revealed a bottleneck for call referrals. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

Elderly man stabbed in the leg by attacker with knife in Sheung Wan

Hongkonger, 80, also sustains injury to elbow on Friday morning and is sent to Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for treatment.

Hong Kong

7 arrested in crackdown on party rooms with copyright-infringing karaoke sets

Hong Kong customs raids 14 party rooms, a bar and residences of two sellers from mid-March to mid-April, seizing 28 sets and four gaming consoles.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest suspect over snatching phones at MTR stations

Two women report having phones taken by a male suspect at Lai King and Mei Foo stations as train doors closed.

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Police are hunting a suspect after two women had their phones snatched at Mei Foo and Lai King MTR stations. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority bars all contractors’ access to data after leak

Authority announces set of measures to strengthen system security after personal data of more than 56,000 patients at United Christian Hospital leaked.

Eric Wong, the Hospital Authority’s chief systems manager for IT strategy and architecture, reveals the new security measures at a press briefing. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Give officials more power to probe suspected animal cruelty cases: watchdog

Office of the Ombudsman says existing ‘investigative approach is ineffective against offenders intending to conceal evidence’.

Hong Kong courts

Owner of luxury Hong Kong home fined HK$110,000 over illegal structures, pool

Sunset Boulevard Company, which owns House No 76 at Redhill Peninsula in Tai Tam, lists Hong Kong resident Marc Robert Compagnon as its director.

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Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 5 over shoplifting syndicate targeting Muji stores

Group allegedly posted lookouts as other members swiftly stuffed clothing into handbags and reusable bags before leaving.

A source has said the stores being targeted were part of the Muji retail chain. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police smash beautician-led syndicate behind HK$410,000 card fraud

Mong Kok beautician allegedly led syndicate that stole clients’ cards during treatments and splurged on phones, gold and herbal goods.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong police hunt for man behind theft of 2 Pokemon cards worth HK$28,000

Tenant of shop at Sino Centre reported the theft on Wednesday after reviewing security footage and finding cards were taken on April 5 before fleeing the scene.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police intercept Maserati, arrest 2 over suspected money laundering

Man and woman in their twenties handcuffed beside luxury sports car as officers from New Territories North regional headquarters search vehicle.

Hong Kong police intercept the Maserati on a busy street in Mong Kok on Wednesday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Wang Fuk Court resident reports suspected theft from fire-hit flat

Burglary fears resurface after resident reports drawers and boxes containing cash and jewellery had been rummaged through, prompting police investigation.

A Wang Fuk Court resident reported drawers and boxes containing cash and jewellery inside her flat had been rummaged through. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Lawyer faces new charges after second person accuses him of indecent assault

Barrister Simon So faces additional charges after earlier hearing in which another person accused him of molestation in 2017.

Crime

Hongkonger arrested on suspicion of underage sex and scamming girls of HK$33,000

Suspect told girls they could earn money with ‘compensated dating’, only for him to have sex with them and extract cash using excuses, police say.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Mirror star Keung To fined HK$2,200 for driving offences

Boy band member fined for careless driving in crash last year, and separately for running a red light and failing to display a probationary “P” plate.

Hong Kong singer Keung To has been fined HK$2,200 for careless driving, running a red light and failing to display a probationary sign on his car. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong customs seizes 760 suspected endangered reptiles worth HK$580,000

Customs and Excise Department finds 106 turtles and 654 lizards believed to be endangered species hidden in truck bound for mainland China.

The reptiles were found in 26 bags hidden under the cargo compartment of the truck. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Mentally ill son who killed mother detained indefinitely at psychiatric hospital

Hong Kong court says sentence for Wong Chun-kit, who killed mother amid delusion she was ‘monster lizard’, is ‘most appropriate’ for public safety and his welfare.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Tai Po fire probe: no commander to track firefighters’ entry records – as it happened

Committee chair says firefighters’ efforts during blaze will always be appreciated regardless of inquiry outcome, adding most faced unprecedented situation.

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