A Hong Kong district councillor with a record of convictions for traffic offences is being investigated for alleged misconduct by a government-appointed special panel and could be suspended from his duties in the worst-case scenario. Home affairs minister Alice Mak Mei-kuen said on Friday that she had appointed a five-member supervisory committee to investigate the…
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a woman was found dead under a pile of items in her flat. Officers attended the home at Rhythm Garden, located in the San Po Kong area of Wong Tai Sin district, after receiving a call from the woman’s brother at 8.16pm on Saturday. He said he…
A Hong Kong student has been arrested on suspicion of using a woodworking chisel to attack a teacher who tried to stop him from eating during class. Police said they received a report at about 9am on Wednesday about a dispute between a Form Three pupil and a male teacher at Carmel Alison Lam Foundation…
Hong Kong police have opened an investigation after the skeletal remains of a man were discovered in a public rental flat. The force received a report at around 11am on Wednesday from a Housing Department employee who found the man’s remains in the bathroom of the flat, located in Shek On House of Shek Lei…
Hong Kong education authorities have expressed serious concerns over the alleged secret filming of a 13-year-old boy by his classmates during a mainland study tour. The incident reportedly took place in March of last year while pupils from a Kwai Chung school were on a study tour in Shenzhen, the Post has learned. Classmates allegedly…
A Hong Kong police superintendent has been arrested and charged with indecently assaulting a woman, with attacks allegedly occurring several times over a seven-month period. The case came to light when a woman filed a report with police alleging that she had been indecently assaulted by a man, 42, in Kowloon City and Kwai Tsing…
A Hong Kong police superintendent has been arrested and charged with indecently assaulting a woman, with attacks allegedly occurring several times over a seven-month period. The case came to light when a woman filed a report with police alleging that she had been indecently assaulted by a man, 42, in Kowloon City and Kwai Tsing…
Hong Kong is set to ban a newly emerging drug known as “space oil” next year by adding it to the existing narcotics law, the security minister has said. The drug, usually packaged as e-cigarette capsules, contained the anaesthetic etomidate, which could cause mental and physical harm, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on…
A former Hong Kong chief executive has dismissed concerns over the local container port losing out to rivals, while emphasising the need to develop related legal and insurance services to strengthen the city’s status as an international shipping centre. Leung Chun-ying, now a vice-chairman of the country’s top political advisory body, also said on Sunday…