Hong Kong police have arrested a 71-year-old man for attacking a woman and her son with a water bottle following a dispute over smoking. The 58-year-old mother called police at about 8.30am on Saturday, reporting that the man had poured water on her and used a water bottle to attack her 29-year-old son at a…
An elderly Hong Kong man, known on the internet as “Mr Ho” after a whirlwind romance with a much younger mainland Chinese woman, has admitted spraying insecticide on a pedestrian who taunted him about controversies arising from his marriage. Tuen Mun Court on Tuesday also heard that Ho Huen, 77, had separated from his wife…
An elderly man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a bus driver after a dispute on a double-decker vehicle. A police spokesman said on Tuesday that the force had received a report the day before in which a 25-year-old driver accused a passenger of physically assaulting him on Argyle Street, Kowloon City. “During the scuffle,…
A 23-year-old Hongkonger has been arrested for allegedly pushing a nine-year-old boy into the sea while the child was fishing with his mother in Hung Hom. Police said the man, surnamed Wong, was apprehended in Kowloon City at 5.22pm on Tuesday, three days after the incident, on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. They…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 54-year-old man who allegedly punched a taxi driver, forcing the latter to stop his vehicle midway through the ride. The force said it received a call for help at 11.47pm on Thursday from a 64-year-old taxi driver to report that he had been punched by a passenger during a…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 54-year-old man who allegedly punched a taxi driver, forcing the latter to stop his vehicle midway through the ride. The force said it received a call for help from a 64-year-old cabby at 11.47pm on Thursday, with the driver saying he had been punched by a passenger during a…