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The trial before Judge Josiah Lam is scheduled to last 25 days. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

Hong Kong ‘block trade king’ exploited bank lapse to make HK$1.7m, court told

Prosecutors allege Simon Sadler and Daniel La Rocca used confidential information about planned block trade to sell more than 1.7 million Esprit shares.

Hong Kong

Ex-Hong Kong inspector with HK$2 million debt jailed for lying to colleagues

Equal Opportunities Commission

Transgender student sues Hong Kong school over ‘discriminatory’ hair policy

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Hong Kong

Beautician convicted of blackmailing ‘cash machine’ ex-lover for HK$2.6 million

Court also finds Li Yanlin guilty of doxxing after she uploaded videos to YouTube revealing identity of married finance director she briefly dated.

The West Kowloon Law Courts Building. The court heard that the victim, who is a married man, and the defendant had a brief affair in 2021. Photo: Jelly Tse
Mo Li Kai-yin

Paralysed dancer Mo Li testifies for first time over Mirror concert accident

Li able to speak naturally as he gives brief answers to judge’s questions during 10-minute testimony delivered via video in damages case.

Hong Kong

Former executive of Hong Kong’s insurance regulator acquitted of misconduct

Anti-corruption agency had alleged that Carol Hui coerced insurer Prudential into hiring her daughter-in-law.

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Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

2 months’ jail for security guard who shared post urging Legco poll boycott

Magistrate reduces Wong Wah-kwong’s sentence by a third after 63-year-old pleads guilty to inciting others to avoid voting in last year’s election.

The West Kowloon Court building. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong cook jailed for 18 years for ‘evil’ sexual abuse of daughter

Court says deterrent sentence needed to reflect society’s abhorrence of crimes committed against the girl from age 11 to 18.

Hong Kong

Homeowner at Redhill Peninsula fined nearly HK$1 million for illegal structures

Court says defendant showed ‘total disregard for law and safety’ by failing to remove illegal works despite authorities issuing order two years ago.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Brokerage clerk admits helping syndicate defraud employer of HK$31 million

Wong Pui-shan approved withdrawals from company accounts after being contacted by man claiming she was subject of Beijing national security office probe.

Hong Kong’s High Court building in Admiralty. Photo: Sun Yeung
Cryptocurrency

Ex-manager of crypto firm Huobi acquitted of moving millions into account

Chen Boliang accessed crypto platform now known as HTX to trade in dark pool under individual account, which is prohibited under regulations.

Huobi began operations in mainland China in 2013 but pulled out of the country amid Beijing’s cryptocurrency crackdown in 2021. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Families seek review of coroner’s findings in Lamma ferry disaster inquest

Application for judicial review seeks to quash coroner’s findings that missing watertight door on ferry was a deliberate design choice.

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Jimmy Lai trial

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

Secretary for justice has applied to the High Court to seize Lai’s assets linked to national security offences.

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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.

Former English Schools Foundation administrator Fatima Rumjahn has been jailed for manipulating the priority ranking of applicants on the waiting list for Wu Kai Sha International Kindergarten. Photo: Brian Wong
Crime in Hong Kong

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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More than 70 houses at Redhill Peninsula were found to have encroached on government land or built unauthorised structures. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong society

Legal Tales | How the law protects when a parent abducts their child across borders

Hong Kong is a signatory to a law that enables children to be returned to their habitual residence, and the local court to make a determination.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong retiree gets 1 year in jail for seditious social media comments

Raymond Chong, 61, pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court to knowingly publishing 53 seditious Facebook posts that denigrated central and local authorities.

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Crime in Hong Kong

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.

Barrister Simon So has been accused of indecent assault by a second person. Photo: Brian Wong
Mainland China

Court clears woman of submitting fake qualifications in talent scheme application

Judge says mainland Chinese defendant showed negligence but no intent to defraud, noting her visa agent may have submitted false details.

Mental health

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 society

Time to act on stalled proposal toughening child abuse penalties, lawmakers say

SCMP check finds that only one of 13 cases of serious child abuse offences over more than two decades resulted in close to maximum 10-year sentence.

To push for a higher penalty, lawmakers will have to start a “long-term” discussion with authorities, legislator Nixie Lam Lam says. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

Hong Kong bookstore owner fined HK$32,000 for using shop as unregistered school

Court rejects Pong Yat-ming’s defence that Spanish course held at his shop, Book Punch, was merely an ‘interest class’.

Pong Yat-ming opened Book Punch in Sham Shui Po in 2020. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Cook jailed for 11 months over selling account used to dupe Tai Po fire donors

Cham Shu-shing also fined HK$4,500 for selling Alipay digital wallet to scammers, knowing it would be used for illegal purposes.

Jimmy Lai trial

Court to hold hearing in July on confiscating Jimmy Lai’s properties

Sixty-minute hearing set for July 8 to handle confiscation order that authorities say will ‘cut off funding chains’ for national security offences.

Jimmy Lai

Opinion | Debate over Jimmy Lai’s sentencing should steer clear of geopolitics

Courts can be criticised; judgments can be contested. But legal analysis should not be influenced by geopolitical rivalry.

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Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong police for national security Steve Li Kwai-wah speaks to media at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong on February 9 after Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong

Legal Tales | The ‘split’ legal profession in Hong Kong

Why does Hong Kong have both barristers and solicitors?

Barristers specialise in court work and legal advice relating to litigation. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
ESF - English Schools Foundation

13 parents, middleman get up to 14 months in jail for bribing ESF employee

‘It is understandable to have high expectations for their children. But the premise is that [parents] have to obey the law,’ judge says.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man gets 22 months in jail for pregnant woman’s death in truck accident

Leung Chi-wa, 61, found guilty of dangerous driving causing death after judge rejects claims he suffered momentary lapse of judgment.

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