The father of Mo Li Kai-yin, a dancer who was severely injured by a falling giant screen at a Mirror concert in Hong Kong, has expressed shock over the acquittal of three backstage staff members involved in the show by the District Court. In a letter posted online on Saturday, Reverend Derek Li Shing-lam said…
The death of Leung Nga-sze at the hands of her father has raised concerns about Hong Kong’s foster care system, with the child murdered just months after she was returned to her mother. Lau Kai-ping, 42, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on March 26, with Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee…
The death of Leung Nga-sze at the hands of her father has raised concerns about Hong Kong’s foster care system, with the child murdered just months after she was returned to her mother. Lau Kai-ping, 42, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on March 26, with Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee…
A Hong Kong court has acquitted a former chairman of Pok Oi Hospital who was linked to a London gold trading scam by holding a banking account that was allegedly used to launder more than HK$2.65 million (US$341,000). Deputy District Judge Jason Wan Siu-ming told defendant Sidney Siu Yim-kwan, 78, that the court believed he…
Only one-third of Hong Kong parents recognise that constantly calling their children lazy, stupid or fat, or displaying emotional detachment can constitute child abuse, a survey by an NGO has found. Releasing the results of its survey on Sunday, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong highlighted a critical gap in parental understanding ahead of new…
A man in China was sentenced to four years in prison after he accidentally threw his six-month-old daughter out of their flat window, resulting in her death and sending shock waves through the community. A court in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of Western China recently sentenced the father, surnamed Zhao, for manslaughter, as reported…
The girlfriend of a Hong Kong dancer severely injured after an accident at a Mirror concert has accused CUHK Medical Centre of neglecting him after he fell from a support sling due to a loose safety buckle. The centre on Friday evening confirmed a patient had fallen while being moved using the sling, while pledging…