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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 Post has learned that the officer was serving in Mong Kok and did not know the alleged victim. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police officer charged with indecent assault, set to appear in court

Officer accused of indecently assaulting woman on footbridge while off duty in early hours of February 4.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong man arrested over theft of HK$129,000 from AXA office

Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 6, bust syndicate that laundered HK$290 million

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 3 teenagers with ‘space oil’ products worth HK$1 million

Trio with triad links, including two minors, allegedly manufactured the narcotic products and sold them at illegal venues or online.

Hong Kong police have arrested three people, including two minors, for allegedly making and selling “space oil” products worth HK$1 million. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

Hong Kong banks to get new powers to trace, flag suspicious accounts

Police and banks will exchange information on scam-linked accounts as authorities step up efforts to combat financial fraud.

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Lessons for youngsters in short prison films on jailed Hong Kong protesters

Correctional Services Department has produced two films based on the stories of current and former inmates.

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Hong Kong’s John Lee appears in deepfake video endorsing bogus investment scheme

Government warns public not to be fooled by bogus video showing city leader urging public to take part in ‘investment plan with high returns’.

Chief Executive John Lee in February of this year. The city leader’s likeness was used in deepfake video to tout a bogus investment scheme. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court jails social worker for over 3½ years in retrial on rioting

Jackie Chen gets 10-month discount in acknowledgement of lengthy legal proceedings.

Hong Kong police

8 Hongkongers cheated out of over HK$2 million in police impersonation scams

Force says fraudsters impersonated police officers outside government buildings, slapped victims with fines over fake money-laundering charges.

Accidents and personal safety

Cyclist seriously injured after being hit by garbage truck in Hong Kong

Cyclist, 50, left semi-unconscious following collision on Tuesday evening in Kwai Chung.

The accident occurred near the intersection of Kwai Yi Road and Kwai Foo Road. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong society

Stiffer Hong Kong penalties helping to fight illegal wildlife trade: authorities

Number of smuggling cases involving ivory, pangolin scales and rhino horn has ‘dropped significantly’ since 2021, government says.

Pangolin scales and elephant tusks seized in Hong Kong back in 2019. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong hygiene officials issued 31,945 fines for littering in 2024

Increase of fixed fines to HK$3,000 in 2023 means authorities will generate HK$95.8 million from the penalty notices.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong handyman sentenced to 1 year in jail for seditious social media posts

Chow Kim-ho pleads guilty to one count of knowingly publishing seditious publications under Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.

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2 burglars ransacking Hong Kong luxury home flee after being spotted by helper

Police investigating break-in at detached house at 1-7 Kau To Shan Road in Sha Tin after helper made report early on Tuesday morning.

Two burglars ransacked a luxury home at The Baroque residential complex in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong man jailed for 7 years for rioting after acquittal overturned

Wong Chi-wing, 60, sentenced over joining white-clad mob at Yuen Long MTR station during 2019 anti-government protests.

The District Court sentenced Wong Chi-wing for his role in what the presiding judge called the “indiscriminate provocation, intimidation and assault” of residents on the night of July 21, 2019. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime

HK$150,000 in cash stolen from AXA office at Times Square in Hong Kong

Security footage shows man entering premises and leaving with yellow bag.

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Hong Kong courts

Long waiting times for Hong Kong courts set to ease, judiciary says

Most cases related to the 2019 protests and national security have concluded, lawmakers told.

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Hong Kong courts

Man accused of attacking 5 at Hong Kong’s CityU remanded to psychiatric centre

Wang Haoyu, 23, appears in West Kowloon Court charged with six counts of criminal offences, including common assault and theft.

A man who allegedly attacked five people at Hong Kong’s City University has been remanded to a psychiatric centre. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong police

Hongkongers can protect national security in their daily lives: new police chief

Commissioner of Police Joe Chow also says he is neither a ‘hawkish’ hardliner nor a ‘dovish’ moderate when it comes to enforcing the law.

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Hong Kong courts

What lessons can be learned from case of Hong Kong girl who was shaken to death?

Social workers did their part checking whether the mother was fit to care for Nga-sze but ‘neglected’ further scrutiny on family, lawmaker says.

Hong Kong police arrest 4 from Guangxi over string of luxury home burglaries

Jewellery, watches and cash worth HK$375,000 stolen from homes in Pok Fu Lam, Sai Kung, Tung Chung and Ma Wan.

Police display jewellery and cash allegedly stolen from luxury residences. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs aims to fully launch tobacco laser labels by June 2027

Customs chief Chan Tsz-tat says exact launch date to depend on how much time is needed to amend the relevant laws, among other factors.

Hong Kong is looking to stub out illicit cigarettes through laser labelling. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong police

Police in Hong Kong, 5 other Asian jurisdictions, arrest 435 over child porn

Teenage boy who took pictures of younger sister among those charged locally after operation across East and Southeast Asia in February, March.

Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police probe deaths of 4 dogs from suspected poisoning

Pet owner in Sheung Shui reports two of his other dogs still missing.

Hong Kong courts

Hongkonger convicted over 2019 Yuen Long riot after judge overturns acquittal

District Court rules that Wong Chi-wing, 60, indeed took part in rioting with white-shirted mob at Yuen Long MTR station on July 21, 2019.

Transport worker Wong Chi-wing (right) leaves court with his lawyer Lawrence Lok (in wheelchair) after a hearing last week. Photo: Brian Wong
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Deepfake video of Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan used in sham news report

Police investigating as government warns public not to believe online video in which figure resembling Chan advertises fake investment platform.

The likeness of Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan has been used in a deepfake video advertising a sham investment scheme. Photo: Handout
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Hongkonger allegedly involved in fatal Sha Tin slashing brought back from Thailand

Suspect, 25, took a flight to Thailand on the same day the attack took place and settled near beach resort town of Pattaya.

CityU

Man arrested over attack on 5 people at Hong Kong’s City University campus

Suspect attacked 39-year-old woman who reportedly asked him to turn down phone volume before hitting intervening staff and police.

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