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Latest news, analysis and opinion on the Hong Kong police force, including crime, justice and protests.
‘Unfree’ Hong Kong people should be grateful their police still respond to their complaints and calls, while keeping their streets safe.
Leap in substances seized in Hong Kong reflects post-Covid recovery of illegal trade and role of city as transit point for transnational traffickers.
New recruits also learn how to listen and make a life-or-death difference as Hong Kong faces its own challenges in uncertain times.
Case involving fictitious online sale of dog meat makes one thing clear: unless enforcement can stay ahead of the cybercriminals, Hong Kong’s dreams of shifting to more efficient cashless systems will keep barking up the wrong tree.
Hong Kong police recently impounded 16 cars and arrested at least 20 people for illegal street racing. More work is needed to discourage such drivers.
Critics have raised questions about the impact of the national security law on the city’s legal system, including potential ramifications for the business environment. Officials should continue to provide reassurance by explaining the way the law works, the procedures that are followed and the role of the judiciary.
Couple were discovered unconscious when helper went into man’s bedroom to help him change a diaper.
Losses by woman snared in HK$41 million cryptocurrency scam included HK$15 million loan taken out by her.
Plaintiff Hung Chun-kit files personal injury claim over shooting on April 8, 2021, saying officers were ‘totally reckless’.
‘HKSOS’ app was used to alert the force for the need for five countryside operations between January and February.
Suspect allegedly bought items such as baton, bogus warrant card and pepper spray gun to ‘live out his fantasy of becoming a policeman’, insider reveals.
Groups operated in Wong Tai Sin and Sai Kung, allegedly splashing red paint on buildings, damaging door locks and making intimidating phone calls.
Chief Executive John Lee says training must be strengthened to ‘resist espionage activities and the infiltration of intelligence units from various countries’.
Five-month police operation revealed numerous instances of safety threats and lapses that hackers could exploit.
Police say three newly arrested over theft of 25 luxury watches from Causeway Bay shop on February 28 are 19-year-old woman and two men aged 24 and 27.
Suspected ringleader, three followers held for allegedly conspiring to defraud and possessing offensive weapon.
Police intercept man after he was seen acting suspiciously outside industrial building, find 693 grams of heroin and another 13.6kg at nearby unit.
Victim in a stable condition and has not sustained major injuries after alleged attack last week.
Ex-Yuen Long District Council chairman tells riot trial of fellow district councillor that he alerted police to potential trouble at Yuen Long MTR in 2019 two days before violence erupted.
Kwong Ka-kit, 30, convicted of six counts of money laundering through six payments between October 2019 and May 2021.
Police warn that predators target their young victims online before setting up meetings that lead to sex.
Part of individual’s body from the pelvis to the knee found floating in waters near Hung Hom ferry pier, police say.
Police say one of suspect is owner of white car linked to death of 66-year-old woman earlier this week.
Police find suspected liquid cocaine disguised as wine in boxes originating from South America after raids on multiple sites.
CCTV footage reveals former employee entered club at around 6.12am, damaged signboard and two surveillance cameras
Woman pedestrian, 66, suffers critical injuries after she is struck by car in hit-and-run incident in Kowloon.
Post learns scam targeted company’s CEO and sent out email claiming to be supplier requesting payment.
Police say 80 men and 42 women arrested comprise suspected holders of 117 stooge accounts and five owners of registered SIM cards linked to some scam cases.
Constable Adnan Mohammed once arrested a suspect just as it was time to break his fast, saying refraining from food and water from sunrise to sunset does not hinder his ability to catch criminals.
Two men, both aged 70, arrested on suspicion of practising dentistry without a licence – an offence punishable by up to three years in jail and a HK$100,000 fine.
Wong Tsz-shing, 20, admits to interfering with organ donation system through inputting personal details of donors on their behalf without consent.
Police also find 3,238, or 42 per cent, of all crimes logged in first month of this year were scams, amid city’s ongoing battle with fraudsters.
Police allege scam gang offered tickets for top acts such as Mirror, Jacky Cheung and pop duo Twins, as well as controversial Inter Miami football match.