A mother has been convicted of manslaughter for stabbing her daughter to death at a Hong Kong public rental flat four years ago under the delusion that she must kill the victim to protect her son. Part-time security guard Yang Leying, 50, pleaded guilty at the High Court on Tuesday after prosecutors agreed to reduce…
A Hong Kong court has convicted a couple of murdering their newborn son after rejecting their assertions that the infant’s head trauma and rib fractures could have been inflicted by his brother out of jealousy. A High Court jury comprising three men and four women returned a unanimous verdict on Tuesday to convict Imran Hossain,…
A Hong Kong child was repeatedly abused by her mother’s two middle-aged boyfriends, with one groping her on eight occasions, while the other had sex with her four times, prosecutors have told a court. Prosecutors on Thursday opened their case in the High Court against Quan Zhiming, 53, and security guard Li Kam-fai, 71, accusing…
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…
A man accused with his wife of murdering their seven-week-old son in 2019 told police that the baby’s brother had dropped him on the floor and often rushed to bite him when he was being breastfed, attempting to hurt him out of jealousy, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. The High Court heard that…
A man accused with his wife of murdering their seven-week-old son in 2019 told police that the baby’s brother had dropped him on the floor and often rushed to bite him when he was being breastfed, attempting to hurt him out of jealousy, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. The High Court heard that…
A 39-year-old former accounting manager has been sentenced to six years and six months’ imprisonment after stealing more than HK$26 million (US$3.35 million) from his former employer, the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, over four years. The High Court heard that Chan Yiu-choi, who is married and has an eight-year-old daughter, stole the money…
A 39-year-old former accounting manager has been sentenced to six years and six months’ imprisonment after stealing more than HK$26 million (US$3.35 million) from his former employer, the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, over four years. The High Court heard that Chan Yiu-choi, who is married and has an eight-year-old daughter, stole the money…
A former Hong Kong probationary police inspector has been jailed for 10 weeks for molesting two female officers after a court rejected his assertion that his work equipment could have accidentally brushed the victims. Fanling Court on Wednesday convicted Tito Yeung Mang-hei of two counts of indecent assault for using his hand to swipe the…
A Hong Kong father, previously sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death in 2020, has filed an appeal against his conviction. A document made available at the High Court on Tuesday revealed that Lau Kai-ping, 42, had submitted an appeal against his conviction for one count…