A resident of a care home for the mentally disabled in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another man in the facility died following a fight. A dispute broke out between two male residents, both in their fifties, at Ming Sum Home for the SEN in Wong Uk Tsuen, Yuen Long,…
A resident of a care home for the mentally disabled in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another man in the facility died following a fight. A dispute broke out between two male residents, both in their fifties, at Ming Sum Home for the SEN in Wong Uk Tsuen, Yuen Long,…
Hong Kong police are searching for the motorist involved in a suspected hit-and-run in Yuen Long that resulted in the death of a cyclist. A private car was travelling on Long Ping Road in the direction of Tin Shui Wai when the vehicle struck the man riding the bicycle near Fung Chi Tsuen at about…
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…
A Hongkonger has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after his vehicle struck a 19-year-old woman in Yuen Long, leaving her unconscious. Police said the car hit the pedestrian as she was crossing On Lok Road in Yuen Long on Thursday at around 8.05am. She was taken unconscious to Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen…
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An eye doctor at a Hong Kong public hospital has sustained multiple injuries in an alleged attack by a companion of a patient. The doctor, 45, from the department of ophthalmology at Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen Long was allegedly attacked during a consultation, sustaining injuries to the ear, head and neck, authorities said on…