A Hong Kong man on trial for allegedly murdering his live-in girlfriend four years ago has said he thought she was an alien because she did not bear his child. A High Court jury of four men and three women heard on Thursday that Tang Lung-fai, 56, admitted causing the death of Fok Sin-yee, 38,…
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four years in prison for fatally assaulting a construction worker who refused to pay HK$800 (US$102) for a bicycle from the defendant. The High Court on Monday sentenced Wong Koon-ming for manslaughter after a seven-member jury earlier this year cleared him of murder but convicted him of…
A 62-year-old man who fled Hong Kong after a brutal murder on a Sai Kung beach nearly 37 years ago has been arrested in Thailand and will be extradited back to the city on Thursday, the South China Morning Post has learned. Mui Yiu-keung was reportedly detained on Monday at a house in Bangkok’s Nong…
An elderly woman has been charged with murder two days after she and her husband were found unconscious in a hotel room in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui, with the man sustaining a potentially fatal stab wound to the neck. “Police today laid a holding charge against a 73-year-old woman with one count of murder,”…
Hong Kong police have arrested an elderly woman on suspicion of murder after she and her husband were found unconscious in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel room, with the man later pronounced dead in hospital. Cleaners at the Ramada Grand hotel on Austin Avenue discovered the woman, 73, and the man, 77, at about 4.50pm…
A murder suspect who fled across the border late last month after allegedly killing his girlfriend in a public housing flat has been handed over to Hong Kong police following his capture by mainland Chinese law enforcers. The Hong Kong identity card holder, 28, was wanted in the city in connection with the murder of…
A Hong Kong man who claimed to be the reincarnation of a late Thai king has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the gruesome murder of an elderly man four years ago. The High Court on Wednesday sentenced 35-year-old Mang Yat-lam to mandatory life in prison after a seven-member jury unanimously rejected his claim that…
Hong Kong police are searching for a man in connection with the death of a 35-year-old woman who had previously been reported missing and was later found dead. Officers discovered the woman’s body while investigating the missing person case, and were now tracking down a male suspect, a source told the Post. The source said…
Hong Kong police are searching for a man in connection with the death of a 35-year-old woman who had previously been reported missing and was later found dead. Officers discovered the woman’s body while investigating the missing person case, and were now tracking down a male suspect, a source told the Post. The source said…
Hong Kong police have apprehended two people at Shenzhen Bay Port in connection with the murder of a 51-year-old man in August, bringing the number of arrestees linked to the case up to 27. The force said on Saturday that the pair, two men aged 29 and 32, were arrested a day earlier at the…