Hong Kong recorded 1,138 suicides last year, the highest number since 2003, with the rate for men aged 30 to 49 jumping sharply in a 12-month period, an NGO said on Saturday. The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong released the findings of its analysis of the Coroner’s Court’s data, which showed a 4 per cent rise…
A federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who died by suicide nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of rioters, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the attack. The eight-member jury ordered that man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman,…
Nearly 30 per cent of Hong Kong secondary school students have thought about harming or killing themselves during the current academic year, a survey has found, with its researchers encouraging authorities to step up group counselling and therapy services for pupils. The survey by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups also found that 63.5…