A taxi driver has been sentenced to eight weeks in prison and fined HK$3,000 after he was caught overcharging an undercover police officer and then sped away to flee the scene. Photo: Lea Mok/HKFP Chan Wai-kee, 64, appeared at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday, local media reported. He pleaded guilty to one count of…
Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog has charged three former HSBC relationship managers with allegedly accepting bribes to help customers jump the queue when opening bank accounts. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Thursday that Chan Fu-kwan, 32, along with Mike Chan Wai-pak, 29, and Bernie Yau Kai-lung, 33, all worked at one of the…
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged three people, including two private care home operators, over an alleged HK$1.3 million (US$166,700) fraud involving an elderly care voucher scheme. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Thursday that the trio allegedly inflated service records under the Social Welfare Department’s Community Care Service Voucher Scheme for the…
An Australian man has been remanded in custody and hit with fresh charges in Hong Kong for fleeing restaurants without paying more than HK$2,000 (US$255) in bills, just a day after being fined for similar offences. Samuel Anthony Monkivitch, 50, was detained soon after pleading guilty at Eastern Court on Thursday to three charges –…
A Hong Kong man arrested on suspicion of threatening to bomb Admiralty MTR station has been released on bail. Eastern Law Courts Building. Photo: Almond Li/HKFP. The 31-year-old man, surnamed Chung, appeared at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Monday after his arrest on Friday, local media reported. He was charged with allegedly spreading false information about…