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…
A Hong Kong court has thrown out a judicial challenge against the government’s approval of an environmental study of the San Tin Technopole project, after dismissing the applicant’s request to have another activist take over his case. The High Court on Friday allowed social worker Eddie Tse Sai-kit to withdraw the challenge, but found insufficient…
Hong Kong’s top karate federation has been ordered by a court to pay HK$1.58 million (US$203,000) in compensation to three martial artists who lost their elite athlete status over an “unfair and capricious” policy that also led one of them to eventually abandon his sporting career. The High Court on Wednesday ruled that the Karatedo…
A man on trial in Hong Kong over the death of his girlfriend has insisted he had no intention to kill when he assaulted her after a Christmas party more than three years ago. Bernie Macatangay Valencia, 45, admitted on Friday before a High Court jury that he unlawfully killed Ivy Villaluz Quiabang, 40, after…
A Hong Kong father has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death in 2020, with a judge slamming him for using aggravated violence against a defenceless child. Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee passed the mandatory life sentence for murder on Lau Kai-ping, 42,…