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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police conducted the raid after investigating reports of several missing young people. Photo: Warton Li

Hong Kong police rescue 2 girls from sexual exploitation in guest house raid

Officers forcibly entered a room where victims, 12 and 16, were allegedly filmed having sex with two males.

Officers forcibly entered a room where victims, 12 and 16, were allegedly filmed having sex with two males

11 Jul 2024 - 11:56PM

Hong Kong man jailed for 4 weeks for ‘worst of its kind’ neglect of pet dog

11 Jul 2024 - 8:25PM

Man caught with more than 100 snakes in trousers at Hong Kong-Shenzhen border

11 Jul 2024 - 7:16PM

Hong Kong customs seizes HK$13 million in gold disguised as machine parts

Precious metal found hidden in transformers of 32 LCD screen separators, acting senior inspector says.

11 Jul 2024 - 6:24PM

Officers decided to inspect the consignment because the high cost of air delivery for such machines aroused their suspicion. Photo: Sam Tsang

Overseas cyberattack shuts down 5 Macau government websites for 45 minutes

Expert warns Hong Kong could be ‘wide open to being attacked at any given time’ as many organisations do not have sufficient protection.

11 Jul 2024 - 10:45PM

Hong Kong man, 22, charged with manslaughter of stepfather

Suspect’s elder sister, mother also arrested for allegedly perverting course of justice by claiming dead man lost footing and fell.

11 Jul 2024 - 6:33PM

4 arrested over narcotics worth HK$16 million found in Hong Kong public flat

Officers arrest man and three women on suspicion of trafficking in a dangerous drug after raid on Tin Shui Wai residence.

11 Jul 2024 - 4:18PM

The force says it believes a criminal syndicate paid a resident of Heng Tung House in Tin Shui Wai to use a flat to store narcotics. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong parents alerted after child stalked by woman in park after school

ELCHK Cheung Wah Kindergarten in Fanling says some parents reported woman ‘kept staring at and following one of the K1 children’.

11 Jul 2024 - 4:29PM

Hong Kong police to replace US-made revolvers with mainland Chinese pistols

Smith & Wesson revolvers to be replaced with 9mm pistol, which has 15-round magazine capacity, and CS/LP 5 pistol, which has seven-round capacity.

11 Jul 2024 - 11:19PM

Hong Kong government staff among 8 arrested in procurement corruption case

Independent Commission Against Corruption says members of Electrical and Mechanical Services Department arrested in bribery case.

10 Jul 2024 - 8:29PM

The headquarters of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department in Kowloon Bay. Photo: SCMP

Hong Kong law clerk acquitted of wounding man who bit district councillor’s ear

Judge finds Eric Ko used proportionate force when subduing drunken man who bit politician’s ear during 2019 social unrest.

10 Jul 2024 - 5:31PM

Former businessman Joe Chen bit the ear of then district councillor Andrew Chiu in a drunken rampage in 2019. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong prison officers use pepper spray to break up fight among 13 inmates

Correctional Services Department says officers at minimum-security facility gave repeated warnings before using pepper spray on prisoners.

10 Jul 2024 - 4:02PM

Hongkonger arrested over trying to snatch officer’s gun ‘in suicide attempt’

Source says investigation shows man had thoughts of self-harm after visiting seriously injured wife at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

10 Jul 2024 - 4:28PM

Hong Kong customs arrests CEO and director of scandal-hit drug rehab centre

Authorities arrest Lee Kwok-kei and Reverend Siu Yu-fat over probe into refunds from Christian Zheng Sheng College.

10 Jul 2024 - 10:11PM

Christian Zheng Sheng College in Ha Keng on Lantau Island. Photo: Elson Li

Tech support scam widespread in Singapore hits Hong Kong, 20 residents affected

Police say scam that led to huge losses in Singapore recently used on 20 Hongkongers, including two who lost HK$1 million and HK$390,000.

9 Jul 2024 - 8:03PM

A tech support scam that cheated victims out of millions in Singapore has hit Hong Kong too. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong man, 37, arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after cat abuse post

Online post claims man attacked cat with his bare hands at private housing estate in Sha Tin.

9 Jul 2024 - 4:53PM

Man sentenced to life for killing Hong Kong worker found hanged in cell

Man discovered inside Stanley Prison cell at 8.44pm on Sunday

8 Jul 2024 - 4:17PM

Hong Kong police reveal small rise in number of online scams, but losses up 37%

Police handled 13,097 online fraud reports between January and May this year, an increase of 113 cases, while losses rose to HK$2.2 billion.

8 Jul 2024 - 4:30PM

A UK-based Hong Kong company lost HK$200 million after one of its employees was fooled by a digitally recreated version of the firm’s chief financial officer. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong man attacked with knives when he stops truck because of car tailing him

Man conscious after knife attack and able to report incident to police; taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin for treatment.

7 Jul 2024 - 11:15PM

Hong Kong police arrest boy, 13, and man, 19, over theft of minibus

Officers still hunting for third teenage suspect in connection with minibus allegedly taken on joyride from Mong Kok to Sheung Shui.

7 Jul 2024 - 5:59PM

Few signs of life as scandal-hit Hong Kong boarding school suspends operations

Christian Zheng Sheng College appeared deserted on Sunday aside from one middle-aged woman in a dorm, dogs and tortoises.

8 Jul 2024 - 8:33AM

The campus of Christian Zheng Sheng College is empty aside from some pets. Photo: Elson Li

Hong Kong students struggle to spot real jobs among bogus ones amid rise in scams

University students say they are getting too many messages on social media offering fast cash jobs with no prior experience or higher education needed.

7 Jul 2024 - 11:00AM

Hong Kong recorded nearly 350 cases of employment fraud in May, the largest number in a single month. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hongkonger arrested after allegedly assaulting wife before trying to cut own throat

Security guard calls police after he finds man allegedly attacking wife with hammer in stairwell of Quarry Bay housing estate.

7 Jul 2024 - 10:55AM

Hong Kong customs makes first bust of illicit cigarette factory

Syndicate allegedly operating factory in Lau Fau Shan, complete with HK$2.5 million worth of machinery to roll and package cigarettes.

6 Jul 2024 - 8:34PM

Woman accused of making false statement to obtain Hong Kong study permit granted bail

Woman is asked to stay at her listed address in Hong Kong, report regularly to Wan Chai Police Station and surrender all her travel documents.

6 Jul 2024 - 5:08PM

The University of Hong Kong business school revealed that about 30 students were found to have used fraudulent qualifications to secure places in its master’s programmes. Photo: Dickson Lee

2 women accused of abducting Hong Kong boy, 3, at mall remanded in custody

Prosecutors allege two women snatched boy at Tseung Kwan O Plaza against his will ‘with intent to procure a ransom or benefit for his liberation’.

6 Jul 2024 - 5:23PM

Police officers brought the suspect to the Tseung Kwan O Plaza. Photo: Jelly Tse

Editorial | Foiled Hong Kong kidnap stresses need for vigilance

Thankfully, three-year-old boy taken from city shopping centre was found safe, but incident is a warning against complacency.

6 Jul 2024 - 6:30AM

Explainer | How to prevent another Hong Kong child from being kidnapped

A security consultant and child experts explain how to handle the kidnapping of a youngster.

6 Jul 2024 - 12:30AM

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