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Football coach Wong Chi-wai (front) leaves West Kowloon Court with his lawyers after he is acquitted of indecent assault for a second time. Photo: Brian Wong
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong coach cleared of molesting women’s football team player

Court rules complainant gave inconsistent accounts of how offences occurred.

Hong Kong housing

Court blocks Hong Kong violin teacher’s bid to fight eviction from public flat

Crime in Hong Kong

Man jailed for 2 months in Hong Kong ride-hailing case, banned from driving

Hong Kong's national security law

Hong Kong activist’s father denies security law breach over handling finances

Merchant Kwok Yin-sang, father of activist Anna Kwok, pleads not guilty to handling absconder’s financial assets in breach of Article 23 law.

Merchant Kwok Yin-sang pleaded not guilty before West Kowloon Court on Wednesday. Photo: Dickson Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man jailed for 4 years, 8 months for killing daughter in manslaughter

Elderly man can be released early because of time already served in custody, with judge saying case calls for tempering ‘justice with mercy’.

First Mention

When a university student, drugged and sexually assaulted by her boss, ended up dead

In 1994 the Post reported how a 21-year-old died after being drugged and subjected to a sex attack by a property agent who filmed his crime.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Hong Kong court freezes US$1.8 billion HSBC account in Wahaha inheritance fight

The three extramarital children of the late Wahaha founder Zong Qinghou sued their half-sister Kelly Zong Fuli over the inheritance.

Wahaha CEO and chairman Kelly Zong Fuli pictured in November 2020. Photo: Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong prosecutors drop charge against Indonesian tourist in tumbler case

Tourist had hung backpack on a fence at The Peak, but his bottle fell out of a side pocket and hit another visitor on the floor below.

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Hong Kong police

Hong Kong urged to reopen case into taxi driver who died after arrest

Call by family of taxi driver Chan Fai-wong follows inquest that concluded he was killed unlawfully after being put in a headlock.

Crime in Hong Kong

Claims against pop star Kenshin Kamimura ‘exaggerated’, Hong Kong court hears

Defence says interpreter inflated indecent assault claims in closing remarks after ex-ONE N’ ONLY boy band member decided not to testify.

Kenshin Kamimura (left) leaves West Kowloon Court on Thursday. Photo: Edmond So
Crime in Hong Kong

Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura molested interpreter, Hong Kong court hears

Ex-member of ONE N’ ONLY boy band returns to court to stand trial for count of indecent assault arising from alleged incident on March 2.

Kenshin Kamimura appears at West Kowloon Court earlier in the year. Photo: Edmond So
Abby Choi - murder of a model

Slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi’s ex-father-in-law sued for HK$127.9 million

Retired police sergeant Kwong Kau, 67, hit with lawsuit for allegedly defaulting on stamp duty payment.

Chinese national anthem

Hong Kong football fan, 19, convicted of insulting national anthem

Chinese University of Hong Kong student to be sentenced on August 13 for turning back to pitch during ceremony at World Cup qualifier.

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Hong Kong economy

Founders of Hong Kong’s Ocean Empire congee chain hit with HK$7 million lawsuit

Choi Wong-hoe and Siu Chor-kee accused of defaulting on rents and unlawfully terminating tenancy agreement at one of their outlets.

A closed Ocean Empire outlet in Wan Chai. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong dancer Mo Li sues 12 parties for damages over Mirror concert accident

Paralysed dancer is suing a government department and 11 others for an undisclosed amount of compensation.

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Mo Li was left paralysed from the neck down by the accident in 2022. Photo: Instagram/Mo Li
Hong Kong

Overseas judge sitting on Hong Kong’s top court extends term for 3 more years

Extension for Justice William Gummow, an Australian who joined top court in 2013, follows past wave of resignations by foreign justices.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman admits killing 1-year-old daughter in murder-suicide attempt

High Court reduces original charge of murder to manslaughter in light of evidence that defendant was in an impaired psychiatric state.

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LGBTQ

Hong Kong authorities may appeal against ruling on opposite-sex public toilet use

Sex-segregated public toilets ensure residents’ privacy and safety, government spokesman says.

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An all gender toilet located at Central Market. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Hong Kong court says judge wrong to order lawyer to pay HK$1,400 over being late

Ruling concerned Judge Eddie Yip’s order that barrister compensate fellow lawyers for being 10 minutes late to trial due to rainstorm, traffic.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong doctor convicted in fatal liposuction case wins appeal

Court clears Vanessa Kwan of charge after her lawyer cites trial judge’s failure to highlight uncertainties over patient’s cause of death.

Crime in Hong Kong

Ex-Hong Kong social worker given community service for defrauding authorities

Eddie Tse sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid community work for defrauding authorities out of HK$16,780 in welfare benefits.

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Social worker Eddie Tse leaves Eastern Court after being sentenced to community service for defrauding authorities. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Wall Street Journal denies violating labour laws by sacking Hong Kong union head

Hong Kong Journalists Association chair Selina Cheng, a former reporter with the paper, earlier launched a private prosecution over dismissal.

The court is expected to hold a pretrial hearing on November 7. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong teen remanded in custody over scrawling seditious words in toilet

Leung Kai-lok appears in West Kowloon Court to face four counts, including one of sedition under domestic national security law.

LGBTQ

Hong Kong court orders law on use of opposite-sex toilets to be struck down

Judge partially upholds legal challenge for widening acceptance of transgender people in sex-specific facilities.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Ex-Cathay employee arrested in Hong Kong for alleged human trafficking role

Tsui Ying-kit, 44, charged with accepting bribes to help human trafficking syndicate after evading justice for 15 years.

Tsui Ying-kit, 44, was escorted to West Kowloon Court on Tuesday afternoon to face four counts of conspiracy for an agent to accept advantages. Photo: Felix Wong
HSBC

Sacked HSBC analyst sues bank for alleged racial discrimination

Ex-employee Robert Ngugi Tomkinson says he was subject of ‘sustained and differential treatment’ after arrival of new manager in April 2024.

The case has been scheduled for its first hearing on October 8. Photo: Sun Yeung
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man admits to manslaughter, arson over death of neighbour in suicide bid

Fung Chun-kwai, 60, pleaded guilty at High Court, noting his mental illness had substantially impaired his judgment when he set the fire.

Abby Choi - murder of a model

Former in-law of Hong Kong’s Abby Choi accused of concocting ‘convenient excuse’

Court hears closing submissions in trial of Jenny Li, who is contesting perverting course of justice charge linked to Choi’s death.

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