Hong Kong national security police have taken away the parents of wanted US-based activist Frances Hui Wing-ting for questioning, the Post has learned, after Washington imposed a new round of sanctions on local officials for what it called “transnational repression”. A source said that Hui’s mother and father were escorted to two police stations in…
It’s hard to fathom what Washington hopes to gain realistically by sanctioning six more senior Hong Kong officials. But US vindictiveness knows no bounds. The United States is still smarting over its inability to exploit Hong Kong as an international hub for foreign espionage and interference after the introduction of the national security law. Its…
Beijing has named Joe Chow Yat-ming as the new Hong Kong police commissioner, succeeding Raymond Siu Chak-yee, whose term ended on Tuesday. Chow’s appointment was approved by the State Council on Wednesday following a recommendation by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, according to news agency Xinhua. The former police second-in-command takes over from Siu, who…
Central and local authorities have slammed the United States for sanctioning six officials, including Hong Kong’s justice secretary and outgoing police chief, over “transnational repression” under the city’s national security legislation, with Beijing vowing to retaliate. The Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong and the city government on Tuesday…
The US imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s departing police chief and five other officials on Monday, saying they had undermined the semi-autonomous city’s “protected rights and freedoms”, and warned of additional visa restrictions for Chinese officials blocking “reciprocal access” to Tibet. The sanctions against Hong Kong Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee and other high-ranking officials…
Hong Kong’s police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee has said the challenges faced by the force during the 2019 social unrest were among the greatest over the course of his three-decade career. A day after recalling his 36 years of service at a passing-out parade for new cadets, the Commissioner of Police continued to reflect on…
Hong Kong’s police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee has said the challenges faced by the force during the 2019 social unrest were among the greatest over the course of his three-decade career. A day after recalling his 36 years of service at a passing-out parade for new cadets, the Commissioner of Police continued to reflect on…
Hong Kong Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee has said he expects the city’s law and order to continue to improve and become more stable as he looked back over his 36 years in the force before his term ends next month. Speaking at a passing-out parade at the Hong Kong Police College in Wong…
Many traditional forms of violent crime are in marked decline, with assault and wounding cases in 2024 falling to their lowest in 51 years at 3,614 incidents, and arson to the lowest in 40 years at 234 cases. If only those figures, released by Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee, were an accurate reflection of…
Hong Kong police have reached out to mainland Chinese authorities to discuss the possibility of educating students coming from across the border and their parents about scams before they arrive in the city, according to the head of the force. Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee also said on Saturday the force was investigating whether any…