A domestic helper has been jailed for 14 months in Hong Kong after admitting that she stole jewellery from her employer and pawned most of the 47 items for HK$200,000 out of greed. Eastern Court on Monday sentenced Sherelle Lyn Valle Dajay, 41, for the theft of valuables taken from her employer’s home at Black’s…
Film producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming plans to plead not guilty to insider trading charges brought by Hong Kong’s securities watchdog, according to his legal representative. Wong, 79, is being prosecuted by the Securities and Futures Commission for alleged insider trading concerning shares in Transmit Entertainment, a television series production company previously known as…
A Hong Kong social worker who earlier launched a judicial challenge against the government’s approval of an environmental study of the San Tin Technopole project has been charged with defrauding social welfare authorities to obtain more than HK$16,000 (US$2,049) in old age allowance. Eddie Tse Sai-kit, 67, was accused of failing to declare that his…
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has charged four people including a football club owner for allegedly offering bribes to fix match results in the 2021-22 season. They included an alleged illegal bookmaker, Yao Xiaocong, 40, and Fu Moon Athletic Association owner and coach Lo Hong-ming, 30. Lo also played as a defender in matches. The other…
Customs officers have seized cannabis worth more than HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) from a fishing boat in Hong Kong’s southern waters, marking the largest drugs bust involving such a vessel in a decade. Officers on patrol spotted the boat south of Lamma Island on Tuesday morning, Wong Ngar-lun, divisional commander of customs’ marine strike and…
Customs officers have seized cannabis worth more than HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) from a fishing boat in Hong Kong’s southern waters, marking the largest drugs bust involving such a vessel in a decade. Officers on patrol spotted the boat south of Lamma Island on Tuesday morning, Wong Ngar-lun, divisional commander of customs’ marine strike and…