A man has been arrested for allegedly robbing and stabbing an off-duty Hong Kong police officer in Yau Ma Tei, leaving the victim with multiple knife wounds. A source said the victim, 39, was robbed at about 1.49am on Saturday, when he was walking towards Mong Kok after he had dinner in Knutsford Terrace. “When…
The two arrested owners of the closed Hong Kong gym chain Physical could avoid criminal liability by finding a new investor to continue its services, the Post has found. The owners, who are also directors of the scandal-hit chain, could mount a defence against possible charges of accepting last-minute payments for new contracts by showing…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 22-year-old mother on suspicion of neglecting her baby daughter by leaving the girl alone in a flat during the early hours of Monday morning. The force said a report was filed at around 4am that alleged the nine-month-old baby had been left in the flat, located on Mong Kok’s…
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has revealed that a new investor in a 38-year old fitness chain that closed suddenly last month has been in touch, while a branch that reopened earlier has been renamed for a second time. Physical Health Centre abruptly announced the “temporary closure” of all its branches early last month, leaving hundreds…
A four-year-old Hong Kong boy has died after being given herbal medicine, with his mother arrested for child neglect. The boy’s mother, 36, and her husband alerted authorities at around 12pm on Sunday after she found her son passed out in their flat in Lucky Building on San Ma Tau Street, Hung Hom. An ambulance…
A 20-year-old man has been taken into custody for allegedly indecently assaulting at least eight girls in school uniform in the same Hong Kong district. Authorities received separate reports from two secondary school pupils, aged 14 and 16, who said a man had hugged them from behind and touched their chests on Kweilin Street and…
Hong Kong police have charged two hospital staff members involved in a three-minute stitching procedure on a four-year-old girl who suffered from a cardiac arrest afterwards. A spokesman from the Hospital Authority confirmed on Saturday that the two employees of Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan, who were arrested in the morning, had been suspended…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested five suspected smugglers and seized about 10 million black market cigarettes worth around HK$45 million from a fishing boat. The Customs and Excise Department revealed on Saturday that officers had intercepted a suspicious fishing boat in the waters off Hong Kong’s southernmost island, Po Toi, the previous morning and…
Hong Kong police have charged two hospital staff members involved in a three-minute stitching procedure on a four-year-old girl who suffered from a cardiac arrest afterwards. A spokesman from the Hospital Authority confirmed on Saturday that the two employees of Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan, who were arrested in the morning, had been suspended…
A Hong Kong secondary school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of injuring a boy while trying to mediate a dispute between the teen and a girl. The incident took place at around 2pm on Wednesday during the sports day for a secondary school at the Tai Po Sports Ground. The boy, 15, was allegedly…