Hong Kong police have arrested 118 people in a citywide crackdown on online shopping scams involving losses of more than HK$5 million (US$636,940), largely linked to concert ticket sales amid a boom in the city’s live music scene. One of the cases involved a victim selling a clothes iron who was swindled out of HK$1…
Hong Kong police have arrested 118 people in a citywide crackdown on online shopping scams involving losses of more than HK$5 million (US$636,940), largely linked to concert ticket sales amid a boom in the city’s live music scene. One of the cases involved a victim selling a clothes iron who was swindled out of HK$1…
A top Hong Kong narcotics official has rejected calls to offer cash rewards for tip-offs about the newly emerged drug “space oil”, stressing authorities should take a “very careful” approach to avoid affecting the development of young people. Commissioner for Narcotics Kesson Lee told a Legislative Council security panel meeting on Monday that a spate…
Hong Kong police have arrested four people and seized more than HK$5.5 million (US$706,540) worth of illegal substances, including the newly emerging “space oil”, in a crackdown on two drug packaging and distribution centres. The force said on Saturday two men and two women, aged between 27 and 41, were arrested the day before in…
Hong Kong police have arrested four people and seized more than HK$5.5 million (US$706,540) worth of illegal substances, including the newly emerging “space oil”, in a crackdown on two drug packaging and distribution centres. The force said on Saturday two men and two women, aged between 27 and 41, were arrested the day before in…
Hong Kong police are investigating the suspected theft of two speedboats worth HK$800,000 (US$102,660) from a typhoon shelter. The force received a report shortly after 9am on Friday from a man who alerted them that two speedboats had gone missing from the Rambler Channel Typhoon Shelter near Kwai Chung. “The two speedboats had both been…
Hong Kong police are investigating a suspected hit-and-run incident that may be linked to the death of a cat in the New Territories. The force said a 43-year-old woman called the police in the early hours of Thursday, alerting them to the injured cat found on Kam Tin Road in the Shek Kong area of…
The worrying rise in sexual offences involving juveniles in recent times follows long periods of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic and easy access to online pornography. The widespread use of social media has also created confusion among teenagers on the issue of sex and loving relationships. The need for better sex education in Hong Kong…
Singapore Airlines has confirmed it removed an elderly passenger from a flight at Hong Kong airport for “repeatedly verbally abusing” crew members before take-off and turned him over to authorities. A spokesman for the carrier told the Post on Saturday that a passenger on board Singapore-bound flight SQ897 on Tuesday was handed over to authorities…