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…
A 53-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an elderly wheelchair-bound bus passenger who refused to fasten his seatbelt and delayed the man’s commute, according to police. Upper deck seats equipped with seat belts on a Kowloon Motor Bus vehicle. Photo: Kowloon Motor Bus. The altercation happened on Tuesday morning in Wong Tai Sin….
Police fired live rounds to subdue a knife-wielding man at Tuen Mun Town Plaza on Thursday, police have told HKFP. The suspect later died in hospital. Police fired live rounds to subdue a knife-wielding man at Tuen Mun Town Plaza on Thursday, January 15, 2025. Photo: 剛好五個字 screenshot. The incident occurred at around 7:13pm, police…
A 72-year-old taxi driver died in a three-vehicle pile-up in Kwun Tong on Sunday after his taxi rammed into two private cars that had collided with one another. Three vehicles, including a taxi, are involved in a fatal pile-up in Kwun Tong on September 14, 2025. Photo: Bosco Chu, via Facebook. The septuagenarian, who allegedly…
A Hong Kong man arrested over a suspected dine-and-dash dinner that left a woman picking up an HK$84,000 restaurant bill has been released on bail. Man Wah restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong hotel. Photo: Liz (Liz), via Google Maps. The 23-year-old man, surnamed Wong, was granted bail at noon on Sunday, police said,…
Hong Kong police have received a report that a woman was left with a HK$80,000 bill at a Michelin-starred restaurant after her date disappeared in a suspected dine-and-dash. Man Wah, a Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong hotel. File photo: Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, via Wikimedia Commons. Police said on Friday that…
Hong Kong and Shenzhen authorities have arrested a total of 12 people in a joint operation targeting the manufacturing and sale of suspected fake concert tickets. Items seized by Hong Kong police in a joint operation with Shenzhen authorities against suspected fake concert tickets. Photo: Screenshot, via Facebook. More than 400 high-quality counterfeit or half-finished…
Hong Kong authorities have arrested two people suspected of misleading the government into entering a now-partly suspended HK$52.9 million contract to supply water bottled from mainland China to government offices in the city. The Hong Kong government suspended the contract with Xin Ding Xin Trading Co. as a bottled water supplier to certain government offices…
An 80-year-old taxi driver has been arrested after he lost control of his vehicle, killing a tourist from the Philippines, according to the Hong Kong police. Scene of the accident at Nina Hotel on August 5, 2025. Photo: Dashcam footage, via Screenshot. The cabbie reported feeling dizzy before the incident, the police said in a…
Hongkong Post has said that a cyberattack on its online shipping portal may have exposed the personal data of senders and recipients. The Hongkong Post. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In a statement issued late on Monday evening, the city’s postal service said that it had identified the incident involving its EC-Ship account holders. “Based on preliminary…