The last of the six Hongkongers rescued from a scam farm in Myanmar this week has returned to the city, with the Security Bureau pledging to save the three remaining residents on its case list as soon as possible. Authorities said the sixth member of the group arrived home on Saturday morning. The person had…
Waiting a long time in a queue is no pleasant experience. For the tens of thousands of people applying for public rental flats, it means putting up with a poor living environment and exorbitant rents for years while waiting their turn to be given a home. In a positive turnaround, the average waiting time for…
A Hong Kong woman has been rescued from a scam farm in Myanmar, with the city’s Security Bureau vowing to ensure she will return home as soon as possible. The bureau confirmed the rescue on Sunday evening, hours after Thai media reported authorities in the country had rescued the 31-year-old Hongkonger. She was found on…
A Hongkonger who was lured to Southeast Asia and held captive at a “scam farm” in Myanmar since October returned to the city on Monday, as the government revealed that a security official would remain in Bangkok to continue efforts to rescue 10 other residents stranded in similar fraud centres in the region. The 29-year-old…
A Hongkonger who has been stuck in Thailand after being released from a scam farm in Myanmar will fly home on Monday, before Lunar New Year. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday that members of his bureau’s task force had met the 29-year-old man the night before. “When my colleague called me…
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The Kansas Board of Education motioned Dec. 10 to approve the Blue Ribbon Task forces phone In classroom recommendations. Ten board members voted unanimously to accept the report, motioning for it to be sent to the districts across the state. Commissioner of Education Randy Watson says the report will be sent…
Hong Kong authorities have sped up the investigation and prosecution of more than 200 serious child abuse cases over the past two years under efforts by an interdepartmental task force that made earlier intervention by government lawyers easier. Among the cases examined by the Vulnerable Victims and Child Protection Task Force was a high-profile one…